On Wed, 2005-Mar-30 14:17:43 -0400, zean zean wrote: >Excuse for my badly English. which is the best form to wait the >finish of execution of a child.
That's virtually impossible to answer as a general case. The best form depends on exactly what you want to do. >My idea is: > >pid_t chilpid; > >while(childpid != wait(&status)) >; If you want to wait for a specific pid, look at waitpid() or wait4(): if (waitpid(childpid, &status, 0) == -1) { handle error } -- Peter Jeremy _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"