Index: lib/libc/sys/fork.2 =================================================================== --- lib/libc/sys/fork.2 +++ lib/libc/sys/fork.2 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)fork.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 1, 2017 +.Dd December 15, 2020 .Dt FORK 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -99,6 +99,42 @@ variable .Va errno is set to indicate the error. +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following example shows a common pattern of how +.Fn fork +is used in practice. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#include +#include +#include + +int +main(void) +{ + int pid; + + switch (pid = fork()) { + case -1: + perror("Failed to fork"); + exit(1); + case 0: + printf("Hello from child process!\en"); + exit(0); + default: + break; + } + + printf("Hello from parent process (child's PID: %d)!\en", pid); + + return (0); +} +.Ed +.Pp +The output of such a program is along the lines of: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +Hello from parent (child's PID: 27804)! +Hello from child process! +.Ed .Sh ERRORS The .Fn fork