Create a program(forkchildren.c) that will fork off two children. One child will run the “ls -l” command. The other will run “cat forkchildren.c”. The main program will wait for the children to finish and then print a note saying it is finished and then it will end. No pipe is needed for this assignment, each child

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  • Create a program(forkchildren.c) that will fork off two children.
  • One child will run the “ls -l” command.
  • The other will run “cat forkchildren.c”.
  • The main program will wait for the children to finish and then print a note saying it is finished and then it will end.
  • No pipe is needed for this assignment, each child is separate. 
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