1) Start an application.     a. This app simply needs to a running loop until some event has occurred. Meaning that the program will merely sit there waiting to be stopped.     b. You must create a file that contains the application name (file name) and the PID (inside of the text file) 2) Stop an application     a. This will effectively terminate the application that you created. This must be done by finding the PID from the processes that are still running. 3) Status of the application     a. This portion will need check for the existence of the application if it is running. You must give a status by statement indicating if it up or down along with:         i. The PID         ii. The PPID         iii. How long the application has been running

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You will be asked to create a script that either take input directly from the user or have it passed into the program. The program will consist of a case statement that will accomplish the following:


1) Start an application.
    a. This app simply needs to a running loop until some event has occurred. Meaning that the program will merely sit there waiting to be stopped.
    b. You must create a file that contains the application name (file name) and the PID (inside of the text file)


2) Stop an application
    a. This will effectively terminate the application that you created. This must be done by finding the PID from the processes that are still running.


3) Status of the application
    a. This portion will need check for the existence of the application if it is running. You must give a status by statement indicating if it up or down along with:
        i. The PID
        ii. The PPID
        iii. How long the application has been running


4) Exit
    a. Program must remove the PID file and any other temporary files used.

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Hi! Right now im doing this in VM by debian and ubuntu, and im confused about what is application? How can I create a script?

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