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authorTobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100
committerTobias Klauser <tklauser@xenon.tklauser.home>2008-01-27 11:37:44 +0100
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+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+main()
+{
+
+ pid_t ForkPID;
+
+ printf("Program start. \n");
+
+ ForkPID = fork(); /* Create a child and copy the parents
+ * parent data space, heap and stack.
+ */
+
+ /* ForkPID == -1 Fork failure.
+ * == 0 This is the child process.
+ * > 0 This is the parent process. The number given is the
+ * PID of the child.
+ */
+
+ printf("forkPID is %d \n", ForkPID); /* Child execution starts here. */
+ printf("Program end. \n");
+}
+