/* forktest.c Started by Jeff Ondich on 3/26/96 Last modified by Jeff 2/16/22 Modified by Tanya Amert for Fall 2023 This program gives a simple example of fork, and how a process can create a child process. */ #include #include const long LIMIT = 10000000000; const long FREQUENCY = 500000000; // A simple demonstration of fork(). int main() { if (fork() == 0) { /* Child */ pid_t process_id = getpid(); for (long k=0; k < LIMIT; k++) { if (k % FREQUENCY == 0) { printf("CHILD [%d]: %ld\n", process_id, k); } } } else { /* Parent */ pid_t process_id = getpid(); for (long k=0; k < LIMIT; k++) { if (k % FREQUENCY == 0) { printf("PARENT [%d]: %ld\n", process_id, k); } } } return 0; }