From owner-svn-src-head@freebsd.org Wed Jun 1 19:49:39 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E4DEB607FD; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 19:49:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oshogbo@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1077A13CE; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 19:49:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oshogbo@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u51Jncgu005063; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 19:49:38 GMT (envelope-from oshogbo@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from oshogbo@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u51JncwU005062; Wed, 1 Jun 2016 19:49:38 GMT (envelope-from oshogbo@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201606011949.u51JncwU005062@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: oshogbo set sender to oshogbo@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Mariusz Zaborski Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 19:49:38 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r301159 - head/lib/libc/sys X-SVN-Group: head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:49:39 -0000 Author: oshogbo Date: Wed Jun 1 19:49:38 2016 New Revision: 301159 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/301159 Log: Document behavior of wait introduced in the r286698. Suggested by: glebius Reviewed by: wblock, bjk Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6080 Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 Modified: head/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 ============================================================================== --- head/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 Wed Jun 1 18:46:54 2016 (r301158) +++ head/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 Wed Jun 1 19:49:38 2016 (r301159) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)wait.2 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 3, 2013 +.Dd June 1, 2016 .Dt WAIT 2 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -596,6 +596,14 @@ and fields of .Fa infop must be checked against zero to determine if a process reported status. +.Pp +.Fn wait +called with -1 to wait for any child process will ignore a child that is +referenced by a process descriptor (see +.Xr pdfork 2 ) . +Specific processes can still be waited on by specifying the process ID +or descriptor (see +.Xr pdwait 4 ) . .Sh ERRORS The .Fn wait