Question

Explain system calls used for process management?

Answer 1

There are some system calls used in Linux for process management. These are as follows:

• Fork(): It is used to create a new process
• Exec(): It is used to execute a new process
• Wait(): It is used to make the process to wait
• Exit(): It is used to exit or terminate the process
• Getpid(): It is used to find the unique process ID
• Getppid(): It is used to check the parent process ID
• Nice(): It is used to bias the currently running process property