#include #include #include "ourhdr.h" int main(void) { pid_t pid; if ( (pid = fork()) < 0) err_sys("fork error"); else if (pid == 0) { /* first child */ if ( (pid = fork()) < 0) err_sys("fork error"); else if (pid > 0) exit(0); /* parent from second fork == first child */ /* We're the second child; our parent becomes init as soon as our real parent calls exit() in the statement above. Here's where we'd continue executing, knowing that when we're done, init will reap our status. */ sleep(2); printf("second child, parent pid = %d\n", getppid()); exit(0); } if (waitpid(pid, NULL, 0) != pid) /* wait for first child */ err_sys("waitpid error"); /* We're the parent (the original process); we continue executing, knowing that we're not the parent of the second child. */ exit(0); }