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Program to create processes using fork() and check different states of zombie process

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Create processes using fork() and check different states of zombie process. Zombie State means All the Child Processes Completed and Parent Process is Still Running.

Code for Program to create processes using fork() and check different states of zombie process in C Programming

# include <stdio.h>
int main()
{    
    int pid;
    pid=getpid();
    
    printf("Current Process ID is : %d\n",pid);

    printf("[ Forking Child Process ... ] \n");    
    pid=fork(); /* This will Create Child Process and               Returns Child's PID */if(pid < 0)
    {
        /* Process Creation Failed ... */
        exit(-1);
    }
    elseif(pid==0) 
    {
        /* Child Process */
        printf("Child Process Started ...\n");
        printf("Child Process Completed ...\n");
        
    }
    else 
    {
        /* Parent Process */
        sleep(10);
        printf("Parent Process Running ... \n");
        printf("I am In Zombie State ...\n");
        while(1)
        {
            /*                 Infinite Loop that Keeps the                   Process Running            */
        }
    }    
    return 0;
}
  
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