System Call FORK()

Question

Int main ()
{
fork();

printf("a");

fork();

printf("b");

return 0;
}
How many distinct outputs are possible of above code? And also give outputs

Answer 1

The output depends on the order in which the parent or child process gets executed which varies each time the code gets executed what no of process created remains same.

 

Answer 2

No matter in what order parent and child process executes you will get only one combination “abbabb”.

Comments

Could you share your understanding why so?

Answer 3

3 distinct output possible.

aabbbb

ababbb

abbabb

 

Output like abbbab not possible

Answer 4

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