267                                         //Error in Fork
268                                         case -1: { perror("Hull Breach!\n"); exit(1); break; }
269
270                                         //Child Process
271                                         case 0:
272                                         {
273                                                 if (secondArray[0] != NULL)
274                                                 {
275                                                         if(strcmp(secondArray[0], ">") == 0)
276                                                         {
277                                                           int fileDesc = open(secondArray[1], O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_CREAT, 0644);
278                                                                 if (fileDesc == -1)
279                                                                 {
280                                                                         perror(NULL);
281                                                                         exit(1);
282                                                                 }
283                                                                 dup2(fileDesc, 1);
284                                                         }
285                                                         if(strcmp(secondArray[0], "<") == 0)
286                                                         {
287                                                                 int fileDesc2 = open(secondArray[1], O_RDONLY);
288                                                                 if (fileDesc2 == -1)
289                                                                 {
290                                                                         perror(NULL);
291                                                                         exit(1);
292                                                                 }
293                                                                 dup2(fileDesc2, 0);
294
295                                                         }
296                                                         if (strcmp(secondArray[secondCounter - 2], "&") == 0)
297                                                         {
298                                                                 printf("This is a background process\n");
299                                                                 background = 1;
300                                                         }
301                                                 }
302                                                 execvp(userInputArray[0], userInputArray);
303                                                 perror("CHILD: exec failure!\n");
304                                                 exit(2);
305                                                 break;
306                                         }
307                                         //Parent Process
308                                         default:
309                                         {
310                                                 //If process is run in the foreground, no reason to add the the array of processes
311                                                 if(background == 1)
312                                                 {
313                                                         PIDArray[counterX] = spawnPid;
314                                                         pid_t myPID = waitpid(spawnPid, &childExitStatus, WNOHANG);
315                                                 }
316                                                 fflush(stdout);
317                                                 pid_t actualPid = waitpid(spawnPid, &childExitStatus, 0);
318                                                 fflush(stdout);
319                                                 break;
320                                         }