Windows System Programming Third Edition [Electronic resources]

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CreateProcess

fork (); execl ()^*, system()

N/A

There are 6 execxx functions

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ExitProcess

_exit

exit

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GetCommandLine

argv []

argv []

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GetCurrentProcess

getpid^*

N/A

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GetCurrentProcessId

getpid^*

N/A

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GetEnvironmentStrings

N/A

getenv

Process Mgt

GetEnvironmentVariable

N/A

getenv

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GetExitCodeProcess

wait, waitpid

N/A

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GetProcessTimes

times, wait3, wait4

N/A

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GetProcessWorkingSetSize

wait3, wait4

N/A

Process Mgt

N/A

execl^*, execv^*, execle^*, execve^*, execlp^*, execvp^*

N/A

Windows does not have a direct equivalent

Process Mgt

N/A

fork, vfork

N/A

Windows does not have a direct equivalent

Process Mgt

N/A

getppid

N/A

No parent/child relationships in Windows

Process Mgt

N/A

getgid, getegid

N/A

No process groups in Windows

Process Mgt

N/A

getpgrp

N/A

Process Mgt

N/A

setpgid

N/A

Process Mgt

N/A

setsid

N/A

Process Mgt

N/A

tcgetpgrp

N/A

Process Mgt

N/A

tcsetpgrp

N/A

Process Mgt

OpenProcess

N/A

N/A

Process Mgt

SetEnvironmentVariable

putenv

N/A

putenv is not part of the Standard C library

Process Mgt

TerminateProcess

kill

N/A

Synch: Process

WaitForMultipleObjects (process handles)

waitpid

N/A

Synch: Process

WaitForSingleObject (process handle)

wait, waitpid

N/A

Timers

KillTimer

alarm (0)

N/A

Timers

SetTimer

alarm

N/A

Timers

Sleep

sleep

N/A

Timers

Sleep

poll or select, no file descriptor

N/A