On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 12:09:02PM +0000, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: > That diff appears to replace a simple "-n" test with a function that > does an eval, a kill and a expr, the last with an embedded command > substitution to run ps, so it'll definitely cause more forks. It's > aimed at determining whether some pid is alive, but it seems like an > awful lot of work to be doing just for that.
Yes, but first thing the function does is basically the same -n test and quick return - at least that seems to be the intention. Martin
