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- /* Emulate waitpid on systems that just have wait.
- Copyright (C) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This file is part of GNU DIFF.
-
- GNU DIFF is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- GNU DIFF is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with GNU DIFF; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
- the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #include "system.h"
-
- #define WAITPID_CHILDREN 8
- static pid_t waited_pid[WAITPID_CHILDREN];
- static int waited_status[WAITPID_CHILDREN];
-
- pid_t
- waitpid (pid, stat_loc, options)
- pid_t pid;
- int *stat_loc;
- int options;
- {
- int i;
- pid_t p;
-
- if (!options && (0 < pid || pid == -1))
- {
- /* If we have already waited for this child, return it immediately. */
- for (i = 0; i < WAITPID_CHILDREN; i++)
- {
- p = waited_pid[i];
- if (p && (p == pid || pid == -1))
- {
- waited_pid[i] = 0;
- goto success;
- }
- }
-
- /* The child has not returned yet; wait for it, accumulating status. */
- for (i = 0; i < WAITPID_CHILDREN; i++)
- if (! waited_pid[i])
- {
- p = wait (&waited_status[i]);
- if (p < 0)
- return p;
- if (p == pid || pid == -1)
- goto success;
- waited_pid[i] = p;
- }
- }
-
- /* We cannot emulate this wait call, e.g. because of too many children. */
- abort ();
-
- success:
- if (stat_loc)
- *stat_loc = waited_status[i];
- return p;
- }
-