SYSV r3.2 - how to implement wait3 BSD function

[Pim Zandbergen]

mercer at npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) writes:

>More porting help needed - what is an equivalent SYSV r3.2 call for
>a BSD wait3().  Specifically,  a wait3 (&status, WNOHANG, ...)

There is no real equivalent, but sometimes there is a workaround.
This depends on the code.

Usually wait3() is used to release dead child processes from their zombie-state.
This can be accomplished in SysV by ignoring SIGCLD :
	signal(SIGCLD, SIG_IGN);
This will prevent the need for waiting for dead child processes.
Just remove all the wait3 stuff.

I used this workaround for porting tinyMUD (the game)
and OLWM (the X11 window manager).
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