/*==========================================================================
  C Code for fork() creation test
  ===========================================================================*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

#define NFORKS 50000

void do_nothing() {
  int i;
  i= 0;
}

main() {
  int pid, j, status;

  for (j=0; j<NFORKS; j++) {

      /*** error handling ***/
    if ((pid = fork()) < 0 ) {
      printf ("fork failed with error code= %d\n", pid);
      exit(0);
    }

      /*** this is the child of the fork ***/
    else if (pid ==0) {
      do_nothing();
      exit(0);
    }

      /*** this is the parent of the fork ***/
    else {
      waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
    }
  }
}