forker.c (24 lines of code) (raw):
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
int
main(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int st;
pid = fork();
switch (pid) {
case -1:
err(1, "fork");
case 0: /* child */
printf("FORKED");
exit(0);
default: /* parent */
waitpid(pid, &st, 0);
exit(0); /* should have been killed! */
}
printf("finished\n");
return (0);
}