Simple preforking server

preforking.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])  {
    struct sockaddr_in addr;
    int listenSocket, newSocket;
    char buffer[25];
    int result, i, value, pid, nChildren = 1, nRead;
    
    if (argc > 1)   {
        nChildren = atoi(argv[1]);
    }
    
    listenSocket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
    value = 1;
    
    result = setsockopt(listenSocket, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &value, sizeof(value));
    if (result < 0) {
        perror("perforking");
        return 0;
    }
    
    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    addr.sin_port = htons(1972);
    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
    
    result = bind(listenSocket, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
    if (result < 0) {
        perror("perforking");
        return 0;
    }
    
    result = listen(listenSocket, 5);
    if (result < 0) {
        perror("perforking");
        return 0;
    }
    
    for (i = 0; i < nChildren; i++) {
        if ((pid = fork()) == 0)    {
            while(1)    {
                newSocket = accept(listenSocket, NULL, NULL);
                printf("Client connected to the child process %i\n", getpid());
                nRead = recv(newSocket, buffer, 25, 0);
                buffer[nRead] = '\0';
                send(newSocket, buffer, nRead, 0);
                close(newSocket);
                printf("Client disconnected from child process %i\n", getpid());
            }
        }
    }
    
    wait(NULL);
}