in reply to Re: Re: Socket question Help!
in thread Socket question Help!

Yes, I should have stated that the code is untested. If you use waitpid(), you have to specify some flags, even if they are 0: 
waitpit(-1,0);

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Or, alternatively, just use wait: 
wait; # Yep, just like that :)

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Sorry about the mistake.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Socket question Help!
by pg (Canon) on Nov 18, 2002 at 00:15 UTC
    When you use waitpid, the first parm is the process id or -1 (if you just want to kill time). For the second parm: you can specify it as 0, then the call is locked; or as 1, and the call is not blocked.

    I tested that, if you give an odd number for the second parm, the call does not block; but it blocks on even number. I realized that it's a bit map, and the last bit specifies whether the call is blocked.
    Does anyone know whether the rest bits are used?
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