如何在C中运行一个程序x分钟？

Question

我正在尝试在C中运行x分钟的程序。我需要让child进程在这段时间内进入休眠状态。任何帮助，将不胜感激。基本上我想了解fork()和sleep()是如何工作的。这里是我的代码片段

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <unistd.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
{ 
    int i = fork(); 
    printf("fork return value = %d\n", i); 
    printf("this is the time before sleep"); 
    system("date +%a%b%d-%H:%M:%S"); 
    printf("\n"); 
    if (i==0){ 
     sleep(120); 
    } 
    system("ps"); 
    printf("this is the time after sleep"); 
    system("date +%a%b%d-%H:%M:%S"); 
    printf("\n"); 
} 

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h> 
#include <stdlib.h> 
#include <errno.h> 
#include <unistd.h> 
#include <sys/types.h> 
#include <sys/wait.h> 

int main(void) 
{ 
    pid_t pid; 
    int rv=1; 

    switch(pid = fork()) { 
    case -1: 
     perror("fork"); /* something went wrong */ 
     exit(1);   /* parent exits */ 

    case 0: 
     printf(" CHILD: This is the child process!\n"); 
     printf(" CHILD: My PID is %d\n", getpid()); 
     printf(" CHILD: My parent's PID is %d\n", getppid()); 
     printf(" CHILD: I'm going to wait for 30 seconds \n"); 
     sleep(30); 
     printf(" CHILD: I'm outta here!\n"); 
     exit(rv); 

    default: 
     printf("PARENT: This is the parent process!\n"); 
     printf("PARENT: My PID is %d\n", getpid()); 
     printf("PARENT: My child's PID is %d\n", pid); 
     printf("PARENT: I'm now waiting for my child to exit()...\n"); 
     wait(&rv); 
     printf("PARENT: I'm outta here!\n"); 
    } 

    return 0; 
} 

说感谢Brian "Beej Jorgensen" Hall