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Created May 15, 2013 18:08
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Tiny fork example
2013-05-15 11:06:20 mikeboers@faraday: ~/Desktop
$ gcc fork.c
2013-05-15 11:07:25 mikeboers@faraday: ~/Desktop
$ ./a.out
Before the fork.
I am the parent of 9761.
I am the child.
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
printf("Before the fork.\n");
int pid = fork();
if (pid) {
printf("I am the parent of %d.\n", pid);
} else {
printf("I am the child.\n");
}
return 0;
}
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