if((pid = fork()) == 0)
{
    printf("im the child process\n");
    exit( 0 );
}
else if(pid < 0)
{
    printf("error in creating child process\n");
}
else
{
    printf("im the parent process\n");
}

pid = fork();
if (pid == 0){
  printf ("I am the child");
}

typedef struct thrStructS
{
    int socket;
} thrStruct;

typedef struct Message
{
    int msg;
} message;

void func1(int sd);
void *func2(void *thrParam);

int main()
{
   int sd = -1;

   while( 1 )
   {
       //something here receives a connection and sd is the socket for
         that connection

       // the select statement here including all other networking
          statements which listens to a port, etc.

       // once message is detected send socket to func1

       func1(sd);
   }

   return 0;
}

void func1(int sd)
{
    thrStruct *thrParam = NULL;
    int status = -1;

    // the thread attributes thr, thrAttr are all initialized here

    thrParam->socket = sd;
    status = pthread_create(thr, thrAttr, func2,(void *)thrParam);

    if(status != 0)
    {
        printf("thread was not created successfully");
    }
}

void *func2(void *thrParam)
{
    thrStruct *param = NULL;
    int socket = -1;
    int pid = -1;
    int status = -1;
    message msg;

    param = (thrStruct *) thrParam;

    if(param != NULL)
    {
        socket = param->socket;
    }

    if(socket != -1)
    {
        msg.msg = 1;

        if((pid = fork()) == 0)
        {
            printf("im the child process\n");

            status = send(socket, &msg , sizeof(message), 0);

            close(socket);

            exit( 0 );
        }
        else if(pid < 0)
        {
            printf("error in creating child process\n");
        }
        else
        {
            printf("im the parent process\n");
            close(socket);

            if(waitpid(pid, &status, 0) != pid)
            {
                printf("wait error\n");
            }
            else
            {
                if(WIFSIGNALED(status) != 0)
                {
                    printf( "signal %d received by child\n", 
                             WTERMSIG(status));
                }
                else if(WIFEXITED(status) != 0)
                {
                    printf("child ended with status = %d\n",
                            WEXITSTATUS(status));
                }
                else
                {
                    printf("child did not end normally\n");
                }
            }
        }
    }

    return( NULL );
}