top button
Flag Notify
    Connect to us
      Site Registration

Site Registration

How does Linux system handle background process internally ?

+4 votes
425 views

So many times, we make foreground process to background process in linux system. How does it handle internally ?

posted Jan 21, 2015 by Vikram Singh

Looking for an answer?  Promote on:
Facebook Share Button Twitter Share Button LinkedIn Share Button

Similar Questions
+2 votes

How a background process is treated by operating system ?

0 votes

Can someone please explain using any example ?

+3 votes

I noticed that there are two prototypes for open system call in linux,

int open(const char *pathname, int flags);
int open(const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode);

I would like to know how the C compiler can differentiate b/w both calls, given C compiler doesn't support function overloading?

...