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Unix Processes in C

1. How to execute another program in C (using exec)
2. The fork() function in C
3. Waiting for processes to finish (using the wait function) in C
4. Visualization of a fork call in C
5. Process IDs in C
6. Calling fork multiple times
7. Communicating between processes (using pipes) in C
8. Practical use case for fork and pipe in C
9. Introduction to FIFOs (aka named pipes) in C
10. How to use FIFO files to communicate between processes in C
11. Two way communication between processes (using pipes) in C
12. Executing commands in C
13. Getting exit status code in C
14. Redirecting standard output in C
15. Executing programs vs executing scripts in C
16. Short introduction to signals in C
17. Stopping and continuing the execution of a process (using SIGCONT and SIGSTOP)
18. Background and foreground processes
19. Handling signals
20. Communicating between processes using signals
21. How to send an array through a pipe
22. How to send a string through a pipe
23. Simulating the pipe "|" operator in C
24. Working with multiple pipes
25. What is waitpid?
26. Calling fork multiple times (part 2) (With a practical example)
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