Difference between system() and execl() functions
execl() or execlp() functions are used to replace the image of the current process with a new process image. In other words the current process code gets replaced by the new process code.
Operating System
Program for fork() system call
fork() is a system call used to create a new process. The new process is called a child process and the original process is called the parent process. The child process by default is a duplicate of the parent process.