How to make parent process wait till Completion of Child Process (Joining parent with child process)

How to make the parent process wait till the completion of execution of child process. The following C program makes the parent process to wait till the completion of its child process.

#include<stdio.h>
main()
{

int pid;
pid=fork();
printf("%d\n",pid);
if(pid==0)
{
printf("From child process \n");
}
else
{
wait(0);
printf("From parent process\n");
}
}

C and C++ Compiler For Android Smartphones

In this post i'm listing some C Program compilers for Android phones or tabs. It will be very handy if you have one in your phone if you are a programming student. You don't need to have a laptop or a Personal computer with you.

C4Droid

It is a powerful offline C/C++ IDE + C/C++ compiler for Android operating System. I have been using it for 1 year. You do not need to root your phone to use this app. Its features are as listed below:

• Syntax highlighting
• Multiple tabs
• code complete
• Auto formating
• Options to export the program as apk or other Executables
• Full ANSI C and ISO C99 support with TCC (Tiny C Compiler) + uClibc
• Customizable Graphical User Interface with themes
• C++ support with GCC+
• Debugger with breakpoints and watches

C4Droid screen shot

Playstore link to the Application

CppDroid - C/C++ IDE

This is another offline compiler but it is freeware app. Rooting is not required. You don't have to pay for it. It is designed for educational purposes as the developer says, "CppDroid is simple C/C++ IDE focused on learning programming languages and libraries".


Features:

• real-time diagnostics (warnings and errors) and fixes
• syntax highlighting
• portrait or landscape UI
• C/C++ code examples and guides
• GUI customisation with themes

Find CppDroid in Playstore

C Compiler

A very simple and basic C compiler for Android phones. Not many features.

Find it in Google playstore