/**************************************************************** * * Purpose: Basic example of fork. * Author: M J Leslie * Date: 01 Apr 96 * ****************************************************************/ #include int Value = 5; 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. */ if (ForkPID == 0) { Value += 4; } else { sleep (5); } printf("Value is %d\n", Value); printf("forkPID is %d \n", ForkPID); printf("Program end. \n"); }