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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: waitpid() ???
Message-ID: <14020110@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 90 00:26:26 GMT
References: <MITCH.90Aug10002007@hq.af.mil>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> >Does anyone have an idea exactly what [waitpid()] does?
> 
> waitpid() is a POSIX function:
> 
> 	int waitpid(int pid, int *status, int options)
> 
> where the `pid' argument is the process ID of the process to wait
> for, or WAIT_ANY to wait for any child;

WAIT_ANY does not exist in POSIX.  The correct value to wait for any child
is -1.

Dave Decot