#include	<stdio.h>
#include	<unistd.h>
#include	<stdlib.h>
#include	<errno.h>

int main()
{
	pid_t	pid;
	
	printf("before fork - with line break\n");
	printf("before fork - no line break");
	//fflush(stdout);
	if( (pid = fork()) < 0 )
	{
		perror("fork error");
		exit(1);
	}
	else if(pid == 2)	/* child */
	{
		exit(0);
	}
	sleep(2);
	exit(0);
}
/*
$ ./a.out
before fork - with line break
before fork - no line break$ before fork - no line break

$ ./a.out > temp.txt
$ cat temp.txt
before fork - with line break
before fork - no line breakbefore fork - with line break
before fork - no line breakhwx

$ ./a.out	# fflush(stdout)
before fork - with line break
before fork - no line break
*/


解释

1、fork()的复制看这里:fork()的一些细节 - 

缓冲区也会被复制到子进程的进程空间

2、如果标准输出连接到终端设备,则它是行缓冲的,否则它是全缓冲的。因此,当输出到终端设备时,如果加'\n',调用printf()之后缓冲区会立马被冲刷,输出的内容就不会复制到子进程的进程空间中。


参考资料:

APUE-2e: 5.12, 8.3