From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Nov 4 6:50:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDBDA14CF8 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id GAA30473; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 06:50:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199911041450.GAA30473@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: i386/14689: waitpid doesn't harvest child process when program run under cron Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/14689; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message