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From: cscullio@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Chris Scullion)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: knowing when a child process has died
Message-ID: <17351@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
Date: 25 Feb 91 12:55:22 GMT
References: <15458@uswat.UUCP> <1991Feb20.173755.14036@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com>
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
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In <1991Feb20.173755.14036@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> mikem@panews writes:

>In article <15458@uswat.UUCP> ilene@zeb.USWest.COM () writes:
>>
>> I need to know how to determine when a particular child process has 
>> died - at any given time in my program.  
>>
>> Ilene

>Have the program create a System Semaphore. If the parent wants to
>[balance deleted]

Or you could just use DosCwait (child wait) to detect child process
termination.  It allows for detection "on-the-fly" or indefinite wait (use a
new thread in this case).

CKS
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