how to create a two process in c for linux operating system? [closed]

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I want to achieve that one process should be keep on recieving the data from the client via the socket. another process is a timer task should be keep on running in parallel to call the tasks for every 2ms, 10ms and 100ms. I created a socket to recieve data and also the timer but i dont know how to run this task concurrently. could anyone help me by showing a example ??

Answer 1

It looks like threads might be a better option for you. There is a nice comparison of threads and processes here: When is clone() and fork better than pthreads?

Try looking at these tutorial to get the idea how to program pthreads: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPosixThreads.html

Answer 2

you can use fork() system call to create a child process and run the task concurrently.