Thread: fork() question

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    fork() question

    why does this:

    Code:
    #include <stdio.h>
    
    int main() {
            short int pid, i;
            for (i=0; i<=1; i++) {
                    pid = fork();
                    if (pid==0) printf("hello%d\n",i);
                    else printf("pid: %d\n", pid);
                    fflush(NULL);
            }   
    }
    produce this:
    Code:
    hello0
    hello1
    pid: 4790
    pid: 4789
    hello1
    pid: 4791
    esp. this red bit...
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    fork returns a pid_t, not a short int. To print a short int, use %hd. #include <unistd.h> for fork.

    >fflush(NULL);

    *sad face*

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    The first child process doesn't exit, so it too runs a loop with i = 1
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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