B

Parent.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int compare(const void *a, const void *b) {
return (*(int *)a - *(int *)b);
}
int main() {
int n;
printf("Enter the number of elements: ");
scanf("%d", &n);
int arr[n];
printf("Enter %d elements:\n", n);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
scanf("%d", &arr[i]);
}
qsort(arr, n, sizeof(int), compare);
char n_str[10];
sprintf(n_str, "%d", n);
char *args[n + 2];
args[0] = "./child.out";
args[n + 1] = NULL;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
args[i + 1] = malloc(10);
sprintf(args[i + 1], "%d", arr[i]);
}
int pid = fork();
if (pid == 0) {
// Child process
execve(args[0], args, NULL);
perror("execve");
return 1;
} else if (pid > 0) {
// Parent process
wait(NULL);
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
free(args[i + 1]);
}
} else {
perror("fork");
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
child.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
printf("Reversed Array:\n");
for (int i = argc - 1; i > 0; i--) {
printf("%s\n", argv[i]);
}
return 0;
}
output:
comp123@comp123:~/Desktop/os/2$ gcc parent.c -o parent.out
comp123@comp123:~/Desktop/os/2$ gcc child.c -o child.out
comp123@comp123:~/Desktop/os/2$ ./parent.out
Enter the number of elements: 5
Enter 5 elements:
2
67
32
6
26
Reversed Array:
67
32
26
6
2
comp123@comp123:~/Desktop/os/2$