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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-09-29 03:51:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-09-29 03:51:49 +0200 |
| commit | e0d16ae5e73b48bb313c28873b0d9adb0344b9b9 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c9d5e78b6381976a3d1c132b749f4c922d2cfb4 | |
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wait4.2: wait3() is a library function layered on wait4().
On Linux wait3() is a library function implemented on top of wait4().
(Knowing this is useful when using strace(2), for example.)
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/wait4.2 | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/wait4.2 b/man2/wait4.2 index 7df1d77b4d..eafb109e0c 100644 --- a/man2/wait4.2 +++ b/man2/wait4.2 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" Rewrote much of this page, and removed much duplicated text, .\" replacing with pointers to wait.2 .\" -.TH WAIT4 2 2007-07-26 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH WAIT4 2 2008-09-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME wait3, wait4 \- wait for process to change state, BSD style .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ structure with fields of type .I struct timeval defined in .IR <sys/time.h> .) + +On Linux, +.BR wait3 () +is a library function implemented on top of the +.BR wait4 () +system call. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR fork (2), .BR getrusage (2), |