Re: PID's of processes and waiting.

[Michael Scondo <michael_scondo@gmx.de>]

> 	I am looking for a way to wait for a process to terminate. I have a
> process that was executed via system() and am getting its PID from a file
> it writes itself. I have a few questions.
>

here is how I have implemented somthing similar:

int pid = fork();
if ( pid == 0 )
{ 
exec( the child );
}

int status;
wait( pid, &status, 0 );


Have a look at man wait, the code above is pseudo code. ( There may be 
errors )

Kind regards
Micha