fork() execution in for loop

Question

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    int i = 0;
    while (i < 2) {
        fork();
        system(\"ps -o pid,ppid,comm,stat\");
        i++;
     }
     return (EX         


        

Answer 1

Initial Process
i == 0
-> Fork 1
   system call
   i == 1
   -> Fork 1.1
      system call
   system call
system call
i == 1
-> Fork 2
   system call
system call

I count 6, 2 each from the initial process and the first fork (4), and one from each process forked when i == 1 from those 2 processes.

Of course that's assuming you fix the missing end brace (and define EXIT_SUCCESS), otherwise none, since it won't compile. :-)