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From: rml@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lenk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: bug in pclose(3)
Message-ID: <5980037@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Jan 89 01:05:19 GMT
References: <261@ecijmm.UUCP>
Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co.
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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.

Functionally (not necessarily syntactically):

wait4 == the union of wait3 and waitpid
      == wait3 + pid
      == waitpid + rusage

I'm confidant that waitpid() will be a library using wait4 in 4.4BSD.

		Bob Lenk
		hplabs!hpfcla!rml
		rml%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com