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In case i want to use a linux board like
PandaBoard that works under linux ,
Can i write C code compile to the target
and run this code on the board , or I have
to write LINUX code ?
The standard C library defines a standard set of functions that can be expected in a conforming compiler implementation. AFAIK, this does not include fork() or any OS-specific functions. The compiler (toolchain, to be more correct) that you would use to compile C code for your target board must know about the target architecture in order to correctly compile code for the target. If the toolchain was built for your target, then object code generated for the target host by compiling C source code should run. The toolchain may be either a native toolchain, or a cross toolchain (compile on x86, run object code on Panda Board), but in either case, it needs to be specifically targeted to the runtime host.
So what is needed to include OS-specific functions like fork() in the code ?
Do i need to INCLUDE some OS specific header files at the start of the C code ?
Yes. If you run the command "man fork" ("man" is a documentation system distributed with just about every modern Unix OS), you'll see that the required include line for the fork() system call is is:
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