>
> Hi,
> this problem maybe a gcc problem.
>
>
> main() {
> int i=0, *status;
^^^^^^^^ Uninitialized pointer
> if(i = fork()) {
> printf("Main Program2 pid: %i\n", getpid());
> wait(status);
^^^^^^^___________ status written to wherever.
Just a coding bug. Probably should be:
int status;
wait(&status);
Then the child's return status gets written to 'status'.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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