Read this first
Do Homework 7 before doing this one.
Getting started
Download a compressed tar.gz file for a NetBeans project containing a single source file, DontEverDoThis.c. Uncompress the file and start up NetBeans on the project.
Run the program. It should immediately crash.
Your task
Originally, the task was supposed to be a bit more exciting, but there were some issues with returning from a signal handler on a x86-based Linux system. However, the old-fashioned Unix way works fine and that’s what we are going to do.
The real task
Run the program and look at the output.
Open up your favorite text editor and do the following.
- Read a little about Unix process handling and figure out
how the function
crashAndBurnChildmanages to run without crashing the program. Write it up in at most one paragraph. Include references to whatever your read to write that paragraph. - Explain those numbers printed when the program runs. Why is 139 printed?
Submitting the assignment
Save your file in PDF. That’s the one format supported by Moodle’s commenter feature. Then upload it to the homework 6 moodle page by 11:55 PM on April 15.