Lab Assignment Harshit Chauchan, BTech CSE Data Science, Sem 5, Roll No: 2301420030

Task Details

• Task 1: Process Creation Utility - Fork 3 children, print PIDs and PPIDs
• Task 2: Command Execution Using exec() - Execute ls -l command in child process
• Task 3: Zombie & Orphan Processes - Simulate defunct zombie and orphaned child processes
• Task 4: Inspecting Process Info from /proc - Parse process status, executable path, and file descriptors
• Task 5: Process Prioritization - Demonstrate CPU scheduling with different nice values

How to Run

python process_management.py

Reference Files

• process_management.py - Main Python script with all task implementations
• output.txt - Sample output from running the tasks
• OS_Lab_Assignment 1.docx - Assignment document
• report.pdf - Lab report
• Screenshots: Various output captures