So I have not done much with child processes before. I have an input of programs to be updated, a child process that does the compiles and links (with a log output to an individual file), and a process wait at the end. Except the child process can hang (at the moment, the problem that might show up is: waiting for input). At which point a convenience becomes a hinderance.
As it happens the idea of doing the compiles in parallel is supported by the ports system I am working with. So I thought I could avoid the wait syntax, do a lot of children, save all the process hmm I am not sure what to call the pointers, and after a while interrogate the process information to see if all the children got done. At some point, I could think a child is hung and maybe do some useful reporting. Realize that this might be the next day because the compiles might take a while. Is this a reasonable approach? Thank you for your consideration. Possibly pointless information: openbsd 4.8 workstation, packages, but using the port system, want only to compile packages I have installed. There is a utility to tell me which packages are out of date. And I really know I could use pkg_add -u. I did some attachments of the programs, but I suppose they will get scrubbed.. python is I think 2.6.5? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
