Yash, There are two ways to do this either use the signals API or IPC(inter-process communication) libraries. I don't known the functions off the top of my head but this can get you started. Nick On 2015-01-06 10:22 AM, Yash Jain wrote: > Hello All, > I have one dumb question, > I wanted to write a process which monitors the exit status of the daemon, > > The Main process would fork a service, which would internally fork a child > and , exit from the process. If main process wants to query the status of > the daemon, how it can be achived. > > For ex : > Process A would call a syslog service, which would internally fork a child, > daemon it and exit, so if process A wants to wait for the syslog process, > is it possible. > > Thanks in advance > > Regards, > Yash. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies > _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies