bug in pclose(3)
Bob Lenk
rml at hpfcdc.HP.COM
Thu Jan 5 11:05:19 AEST 1989
> 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 at hplabs.hp.com
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