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in thread fork - alarm - output

That removes the reaping on timeout. Maybe that's ok, but I doubt it since since the OP posted a reusable function, and he specifically did reap in that situation.

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Re^9: fork - alarm - output
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 08, 2010 at 23:02 UTC
    That removes the reaping on timeout.

    It isn't there because I never have to think about such things. But again, putting it back and wrapping it in a function, is hardly onerous.

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      It wasn't about whether it's onerous to fix or not, it was about whether the OP would notice it or not.
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        You did. You think he might not?

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