The program starts and enters the main()
function.
The variable a
is declared and initialized to 0.
The fork()
system call is invoked, creating a new process. Let's call the original process "Process A" and the newly created process "Process B."
In Process A, the value of rc
is not equal to 0, so it proceeds to the else
block and prints "Hello."
Process A continues execution and reaches the second printf("Hello")
statement, resulting in another "Hello" message being printed by Process A.
In Process B, the value of rc
is equal to 0, so it enters the if
statement.
Inside the if
block of Process B, another fork()
is called, creating a new process. Let's call this newly created process "Process C."
Process B, does not enter the else
block and proceeds and reaches the second printf("Hello")
statement and prints "Hello."
Process C, being the child process of Process B, does not enter the if
statement and does not enter the else
block because it is created within the if
block of Process B. C proceeds and reaches the second printf("Hello")
statement and prints "Hello."
Process A, Process B, and Process C exit the main()
function, and the program terminates.
Therefore, Process A prints "Hello" twice, while Process B and Process C each print "Hello" once.