hi:

2010/12/10 pradeep singh <pradeep.raut...@gmail.com>:
>
> On Dec 10, 2010 6:39 AM, "loody" <milo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> hi Muyadi:
>> 2010/12/10 Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.sant...@gmail.com>:
>> > Hi...
>> >
>> > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 21:56, loody <milo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Deal all:
>> >> I have some questions about times in #include <sys/times.h>.
>> >> As far as I know, times will "get process and waited-for child process
>> >> times".
>> >> so if the child is not finish or dead, this function will cause the
>> >> deadlock, right?
>> >
>> > From "man 2 times"
>> > " In Linux kernel versions before 2.6.9, if the disposition of SIGCHLD
>> > is
>> >       set  to SIG_IGN then the times of terminated children are
>> > automatically
>> >       included in the tms_cstime and tms_cutime fields, although
>> > POSIX.1-2001
>> >       says that this should only happen if the calling process wait()s
>> > on its
>> >       children.  This non-conformance is rectified in Linux 2.6.9 and
>> >  later"
>> >
>> > So, indirectly, I think the time accumulation happens when the wait()
>> > function returns...which is...I guess polling or regularly checking
>> > (select() maybe?) the signal from child.
>> >
>> thanks for ur help.
>> But I man nothing about times.
>>
>> $ man 2 times
>> No manual entry for times in section 2
>> $
>>
>> Should I update any packages?
>
> Yes you should try installing dev , posix and posix-dev manpages.
should I use any one of below apt-get packages?
sudo apt-get install dev
sudo apt-get install posix
sudo apt-get install posix-dev
appreciate your help,
miloody

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