waitid(2)                        UNIX System V                        waitid(2)


NAME
      waitid - wait for child process to change state

SYNOPSIS
      #include <sys/types.h>
      #include <wait.h>
      int waitid(idtypet idtype, idt id, siginfot *infop, int options);

DESCRIPTION
      waitid suspends the calling process until one of its children changes
      state.  It records the current state of a child in the structure pointed
      to by infop.  If a child process changed state prior to the call to
      waitid, waitid returns immediately.

      The idtype and id arguments specify which children waitid is to wait for.

            If idtype is PPID, waitid waits for the child with a process ID
            equal to (pidt) id.

            If idtype is PPGID, waitid waits for any child with a process
            group ID equal to (pidt)id.

            If idtype is PALL, waitid waits for any children and id is
            ignored.

      The options argument is used to specify which state changes waitid is to
      wait for.  It is formed by an OR of any of the following flags:

      WEXITED        Wait for process(es) to exit.

      WTRAPPED       Wait for traced process(es) to become trapped or reach a
                     breakpoint [see ptrace(2)].

      WSTOPPED       Wait for and return the process status of any child that
                     has stopped upon receipt of a signal.

      WCONTINUED     Return the status for any child that was stopped and has
                     been continued.

      WNOHANG        Return immediately.

      WNOWAIT        Keep the process in a waitable state.

      infop must point to a siginfot structure, as defined in siginfo(5).
      siginfot is filled in by the system with the status of the process being
      waited for.

      waitid fails if one or more of the following is true.

      EFAULT         infop points to an invalid address.




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      EINTR          waitid was interrupted due to the receipt of a signal by
                     the calling process.

      EINVAL         An invalid value was specified for options.

      EINVAL         idtype and id specify an invalid set of processes.

      ECHILD         The set of processes specified by idtype and id does not
                     contain any unwaited-for processes.

DIAGNOSTICS
      If waitid returns due to a change of state of one of its children, a
      value of 0 is returned.  Otherwise, a value of -1 is returned and errno
      is set to indicate the error.

SEE ALSO
      intro(2), exec(2), exit(2), fork(2), pause(2), ptrace(2), signal(2),
      sigaction(2), wait(2), siginfo(5).




































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