process wrapper?

Donn Cave donn at u.washington.edu
Tue Mar 30 15:29:57 EST 2004


In article <IxadnfsAQfpRV_Td38DK-w at speakeasy.net>,
 "Steve @ Waypath" <steve at waypath.com> wrote:
...
> In practice, when does one use P_NOWAIT and then waitpid(), instead of
> P_WAIT? I'm guessing the answer is "if you want to do something between the
> spawing and the waiting," but is there a standard use I haven't learned yet?

Yes, that's the idea.

   Donn Cave, donn at drizzle.com



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