I did not understand the current problem, however, just giving my 2c blindly 
so...:
1. Internet sockets using tcp protocol is the same as using select with a 
timeout since this is what the tcp protocol is doing. Timeouts.
2. Can't all this discussion be solved by simply reading the /proc directory 
as a failsafe measure for whatever is the purpose of finding out if a process 
is still alive?
I.e., do it in tiers, if one thing can give you a straight answer use another 
one and another and finally use something like the /proc to make sure your 
process is among the living or a zombie. Just like doing ps (which also 
uses /proc).

On Friday 16 February 2007 03:07, Amos Shapira wrote:

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