Loading pid_t into an array for use OUTSIDE of forked process C/linux -


i have have application forks quite few child processes. store these child pid's in array when max_child reached. can kill off oldest ones.

any way of accomplishing ?

note... in real application fork , not wait process finish

here test snippet...

---main

 pid_t pid;      if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {         printf("[*]- error -> fork returned -1\n\n");     }      else if (pid == 0) {         // success         // child process begins here         printf("inside child @ pid %i . check ps\n", pid);         sleep(30);     }      else {         // still here         // maybe store pid global array here?         printf("back parent pid: %i child: %i\n\n", getpid(), pid);     }      // pid comes out 0 here expected     printf("pid: %i\n", pid); 

so store pid int array maybe? how correctly cast pid_t? want able call cleanup() function , have step through list of child pids see if still active, if yes, kill oldest.

any advice appreciated. thank you.


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