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From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What to replace wait3 with in System V?
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.231515.11517@scuzzy.in-berlin.de>
Date: 19 Jun 91 23:15:15 GMT
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brian@apt.bungi.com (Brian Litzinger) writes:
>I've noticed that at least SunOS 4.1 has a system call
>wait3() which can take the option WNOHANG.
>Does someone have a good approximate for this function under
>ISC System V.3.2?

if you have isc 2.2.1 you can use waitpid(), i.e.

pid = wait3(&status, (WNOHANG|WUNTRACED), &rusage)

becomes

pid = waitpid(-1,&status,(WNOHANG|WUNTRACED))

where you should not that rusage is not available at all.
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