Re: Zombie processes

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Tue, 10 Feb 1998 20:26:08 -0600


Hi Chris,

> This is done when the parent calls wait, wait3 or wait4.
> (Hmm - why is there no wait2?).

The '3' and '4' are not a version number; they refer to the number of
parameters to the call. There is no two-parameter form, so there is
no 'wait2'.

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