On 12/25/05, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mayank Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> [Code, and successful experiment > deleted] > > > However, how do i make this wait by the parent a non-blocking > > wait? > > Um, what do you mean by a "non-blocking wait." Calling > wait()/waitpid() means that you *want* the parent process to > wait for the child to finish processing (or, some other condition > occurs, as specified in the 3rd argument).
What if i want just to check the status of the child? Is it alive or not? I dont want to *wait*... -- regards, makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.info When you speak out with the courage of your convictions, people listen! -- Valmik Thapar, Wildlife Conservationist. _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
