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From: decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: bug in pclose(3)
Message-ID: <14020053@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Jan 89 19:01:33 GMT
References: <261@ecijmm.UUCP>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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The IEEE Standard 1003.1 (POSIX) requires conforming implementations to have
a new function called waitpid() that does effectively what the previous
respondant described as 4.4BSD's waitfor() or wait4() function.  I hope BSD
changes the name before it's too late.

Dave