is data shared between processes when we use fork in c?

Question

In this C program, data is not being shared between process i.e. parent and child process. child has it\'s own data and parent has it\'s own data but pointer is showing the

Answer 1

When you fork a new process the new child process is a copy of the parent process. That's why pointers etc. are equal. Due to the wonders of virtual memory two processes can have the same memory map, but still be using different memory.