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This code is tested on Ubuntu . You may need to twick the script if you use a … Read more
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What is Zombie process and How to create zombie process in Linux
Zombie process is the process which died immediately and whose parent didn’t cared to handled the status … Read more
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What is Linux Out-Of-Memory OOM Killer
Major distribution kernels set the default value of /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory to zero, which means that processes can request … Read more
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Avoid zombie process in Linux
Zombie process is the process which dies/finishes immediately and whose parent didn’t cares to handle the status … Read more
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Create process in Linux using fork system call
Below is simple process creation program using fork system call, fork return child’s process Id in main/parent … Read more
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C program to check total and free RAM memory in Linux
Following C program helps you to identify what is the total and free memory / RAM available … Read more
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Creating a simple thread in Linux using pthread library api’s
In this post, we create a simple thread using pthread library API “pthread_create” and wait for this … Read more
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Understanding Linux page cache memory
If data is written, it is first written to the Page Cache and managed as one of … Read more
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