how many processes are created in this code using fork()

Question

How many processes does the following piece of code create? Why?

int main()
{ 
 fork();
 fork();
 fork();
 return 0;
}

I was looking for assitance that said build a tree but i came up with 10 processes but I'm not sure if that is right, i created a tree

That;s *NOT* a duplicate of the marked question. That's to do with printf buffering and fork(). — Roddy, Jan 14 '14 at 22:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '14 at 22:05

1

main=P1
---- first fork
P1->P1.1
---- second fork
P1->P1.2
P1.1->P1.1.1
-----third fork
P1->P1.3
P1.1->P1.1.2
P1.2->P1.2.1
P1.1.1->P1.1.1.1

eight.

answered Jan 14 '14 at 22:05

Chris J. Kiick

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