Glossary
- child process
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The process resulting from a fork() and exec() sequence of system calls. The process that initiated the fork() is called the parent.
- exec()
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A system call that, when invoked, transfers the attributes and resources of the currently executing process to another (presumably different) program specified as a parameter of the system call. In this way new processes are made.
- fork()
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A system call that creates a near-exact (everything but PID) duplicate of the currently executing process. Used in conjunction with exec() to start up new programs.
- gid
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Group id. Numeric value associated with some group identity. Specified in /etc/group.
- hard link
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A second (or third, or fourth…) inode that points to a file.
- inode
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The data structure ...
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