Creating multiple process and simulation in C via fork()

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Published on 2010-04-30T07:12:07Z Indexed on 2010/04/30 7:17 UTC
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i want to create multiple process groups which will call different functions.

i write the code below. firstly i want to get following output

./fork 4 5

 I am a child: 1 PID: 22330
 I am a child2: 1 PID: 22334
 I am a child: 2 PID: 22331
 I am a child2: 5 PID: 22338
 I am a child: 4 PID: 22333
 I am a child: 3 PID: 22332
 I am a child2: 2 PID: 22335
 I am a child2: 4 PID: 22337
 I am a child2: 3 PID: 22336

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void forkChildren (int nChildren) {
     int i;
     pid_t pid;
     for (i = 1; i <= nChildren; i++) {
        pid = fork();
        if (pid == -1) {
          /* error handling here, if needed */
        return;
        }
        if (pid == 0) {
           printf("I am a child: %d PID: %d\n",i, getpid());
           sleep (5);
        wait(NULL);
        return;
        }
     }
  }
 void forkChildren2 (int nChildren) {
      int i;
      pid_t pid;
      for (i = 1; i <= nChildren; i++) {
          pid = fork();
          if (pid == -1) {
            /* error handling here, if needed */
          return;
          }
          if (pid == 0) {
             printf("I am a child2: %d PID: %d\n",i, getpid());
             sleep (2);
             return;
          }
       }
   }

the code gives me the output

[ozdeny@hyperion ~]$ ./fork 4 5
I am a child: 1 PID: 22330
I am a child: 2 PID: 22331 
I am a child: 3 PID: 22332 
I am a child: 4 PID: 22333
I am a child2: 1 PID: 22334 
I am a child2: 2 PID: 22335
I am a child2: 4 PID: 22337 
I am a child2: 5 PID: 22338
[ozdeny@hyperion ~]$ I am a child2: 3 PID: 22336
I am a child2: 1 PID: 22339
I am a child2: 2 PID: 22340
I am a child2: 3 PID: 22341
I am a child2: 4 PID: 22342 
I am a child2: 5 PID: 22343
I am a child2: 1 PID: 22345
I am a child2: 2 PID: 22346
I am a child2: 3 PID: 22347
I am a child2: 1 PID: 22349
I am a child2: 2 PID: 22350
I am a child2: 1 PID: 22344
I am a child2: 2 PID: 22352
I am a child2: 3 PID: 22353
I am a child2: 4 PID: 22354
I am a child2: 5 PID: 22355
I am a child2: 3 PID: 22351
I am a child2: 4 PID: 22356
I am a child2: 5 PID: 22357
I am a child2: 4 PID: 22348
I am a child2: 5 PID: 22358

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