Question

How to create a new process in C

Answer 1

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
 
int main(void) {
 
    pid_t pid = fork();
    if (pid == -1) {
        perror("fork");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
 
    if (pid == 0) {
        printf("child process - %d\n", getpid());
    } else {
        printf("parent process - %d\n", getpid());
    }
 
    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
 
 
 
  
  
  
/*
run
  
parent process - 19
child process - 20
  
*/

 

 

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