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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!serval!hlu
  3. From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
  4. Subject: Re: union wait
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.193111.995@serval.net.wsu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@serval.net.wsu.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Organization: School of EECS, Washington State University
  8. References:  <Mf35FIC00YUnR=rW82@andrew.cmu.edu>
  9. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 19:31:11 GMT
  10. Lines: 17
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  12. In article <Mf35FIC00YUnR=rW82@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Brian E. Gallew" <geek+@CMU.EDU> writes:
  13. |> What is the linux-ism for a "union wait"?  It would really be helpful
  14. |> to know for porting some software.
  15. |> 
  16. |>                                   -Brian
  17. |> 
  18. |> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  19. |> | "Are they dead?"                                                      |
  20. |> | "Does it matter?"                                                     |
  21. |> |   - Pugsley and Wednesday in "The Addams Family."                     |
  22. |> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
  23.  
  24. Include <sys/wait.h>, You are home free. If your software ueses "union wait"
  25. directly, rather than wait macros, fix your software. That will make it
  26. more portable.
  27.  
  28. H.J. 
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