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PRIV_WAIT4(3)                     Subroutines                    PRIV_WAIT4(3)

NAME
       priv_wait4 - wait for process termination

SYNOPSIS
       #include <sys/resource.h>
       #include <privman.h>

       int priv_wait4(pid_t pid, int *status, int options, struct rusage
       *ruseage);

DESCRIPTION
       The wait4 function suspends execution of the current process until a
       child as specified by the pid argument has exited, or until a signal is
       delivered whose action is to terminate the current process or to call a
       signal handling function.  See wait4(2) for more details, as this
       method parallels that one.

       This method is only needed, or useful, for getting the return value of
       processes created by

       priv_rerunas(3) with the PRIV_RR_OLD_SLAVE_MONITORED flag set.  The
       actual wait4 call happens in the Privman server.

RETURN VALUE
       On success, the process ID of the child which exited is returned.  -1
       is returned in the case of failure, with errno set appropriately.

ERRORS
       See wait4(2) for more detail.

BUGS
       priv_wait4 only works for processes that are created by priv_rerunas
       with the PRIV_RR_OLD_SLAVE_MONITORED flag set, which seems a silly
       reason for another method.

AUTHOR
       Network Associates. Send email to <privman@nailabs.com>

SEE ALSO
       priv_daemon(3) priv_execve(3) priv_fopen(3) priv_popen(3) priv_fork(3)
       priv_init(3) privman_conf(5) priv_open(3) priv_pam(3) priv_rerunas(3)
       priv_respawn_as(3) privman(7)

Unix                            SEPTEMBER 2002                   PRIV_WAIT4(3)