//==============================================================================
//C Code for fork() creation test
//==============================================================================
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define NFORKS 50000

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

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
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);
    }
  }
}