Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/14689: waitpid doesn't harvest child process when program run under cron Message-ID: <199911041450.GAA30473@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/14689; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: wpk@isc.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: i386/14689: waitpid doesn't harvest child process when program run under cron
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 16:14:07 +0200
On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 11:38:18 PST, wpk@isc.org wrote:
> The program forks.
> the parent waits for the child using waitpid(pid, &status, 0).
> the parent times out the waitpid with a sigalrm.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> the child sleeps and then exits.
> the waitpid call times out.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Impossible. Perhaps you should send some sample code?
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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