From: Michael Scondo <michael_scondo@gmx.de>
To: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PID's of processes and waiting.
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:52:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200406231752.34807.michael_scondo@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200406222050.48748.eric@cisu.net>
> 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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-23 15:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-23 1:50 PID's of processes and waiting Eric
2004-06-23 3:18 ` Glynn Clements
2004-06-23 3:49 ` Eric
2004-06-23 15:52 ` Michael Scondo [this message]
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