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From: Gerd Stolpmann <gerd@g...>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] printf and fork question 
Am Montag, den 07.03.2005, 14:44 +0100 schrieb Michael:
> Hi,
> 
> I don't understand why this:
> 
> open Unix;;
> let _ = 
> 	Printf.printf "Hi! %d\n" (getpid());
> 	match fork() with
> 	| 0 -> if fork() <> 0 then exit 0;
> 	       ()
> 	| id -> ignore (waitpid [] id)
> 
> prints out that:
> Hi! 12215
> Hi! 12215
> Hi! 12215

You have three copies of the stdout buffer. Call "flush stdout" after
printf.

Gerd
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