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authorFreya Murphy <freya@freyacat.org>2025-03-25 17:36:52 -0400
committerFreya Murphy <freya@freyacat.org>2025-03-25 17:38:22 -0400
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+#include <common.h>
+
+/**
+** User function main #5: exit, fork, exec, write
+**
+** Iterates spawning copies of userW (and possibly userZ), reporting
+** their PIDs as it goes.
+**
+** Invoked as: main5 x n b
+** where x is the ID character
+** n is the iteration count
+** b is the w&z boolean
+*/
+
+USERMAIN( main ) {
+ int count = 5; // default iteration count
+ char ch = '5'; // default character to print
+ int alsoZ = 0; // also do userZ?
+ char msgw[] = "*5w*";
+ char msgz[] = "*5z*";
+ char buf[128];
+
+ // process the command-line arguments
+ switch( argc ) {
+ case 4: alsoZ = argv[3][0] == 't';
+ // FALL THROUGH
+ case 3: count = str2int( argv[2], 10 );
+ // FALL THROUGH
+ case 2: ch = argv[1][0];
+ break;
+ default:
+ sprint( buf, "main5: argc %d, args: ", argc );
+ cwrites( buf );
+ for( int i = 0; i <= argc; ++i ) {
+ sprint( buf, " %s", argv[argc] ? argv[argc] : "(null)" );
+ cwrites( buf );
+ }
+ cwrites( "\n" );
+ }
+
+ // update the extra message strings
+ msgw[1] = msgz[1] = ch;
+
+ // announce our presence
+ write( CHAN_SIO, &ch, 1 );
+
+ // set up the argument vector(s)
+
+ // W: 15 iterations, 5-second sleep
+ char *argsw[] = { "userW", "W", "15", "5", NULL };
+
+ // Z: 15 iterations
+ char *argsz[] = { "userZ", "Z", "15", NULL };
+
+ for( int i = 0; i < count; ++i ) {
+ write( CHAN_SIO, &ch, 1 );
+ int whom = spawn( ProgW, argsw );
+ if( whom < 1 ) {
+ swrites( msgw );
+ }
+ if( alsoZ ) {
+ whom = spawn( ProgZ, argsz );
+ if( whom < 1 ) {
+ swrites( msgz );
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ exit( 0 );
+
+ return( 42 ); // shut the compiler up!
+}