How to exit a child process and return its status from execvp()?

Question

In my simple custom shell I\'m reading commands from the standard input and execute them with execvp(). Before this, I create a fork of the current process and I call the ex

Answer 1

Use wait() or waitpid() in the parent process. An example here: Return code when OS kills your process.

Also, when a child dies the SIGCHLD signal is sent to the parent process.