C process control

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C process control refers to a group of functions in the standard library of the C programming language implementing basic process control operations.[1][2] The process control operations include actions such as termination of the program with various levels of cleanup, running an external command interpreter or accessing the list of the environment operations.

  1. ^ Crawford, Tony; Peter Prinz (December 2005). C in a Nutshell. §16.11 – Process Control: O'Reilly. p. 618. ISBN 0-596-00697-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. ^ ISO/IEC 9899:1999 specification (PDF). p. 315, § 7.20.4 "Communication with the environment". Retrieved 25 November 2011.