Parent is 5323 reading kid... parent 5323 timeout=60 read_from_child=0 - child_pid=0 child 5324 is running parent 5323 timeout=59 read_from_child=1 - child_pid=0 parent 5323 just read: 5324 parent 5323 timeout=59 read_from_child=0 - child_pid=5324 parent 5323 timeout=58 read_from_child=0 - child_pid=5324 parent 5323 timeout=57 read_from_child=0 - child_pid=5324 parent 5323 timeout=56 read_from_child=0 - child_pid=5324 returncode is 0 parent 5323 timeout=55 read_from_child=1 - child_pid=5324 parent 5323 just read: returncode is 0 parent 5323 timeout=55 read_from_child=0 - child_pid=5324 dead child Child 5324 is done, we now have: returncode is 0