On 15Feb2007 17:03, Kartik CDS <kartik.cds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | Hello I am using waitpid with WNOHANG and WUNTRACED options. | Is there any interface which gives the same functionality as waitpid but | will allow me to specify a time for which I want the call to be blocked ? Not that's I'm aware of. You could set an alarm with alarm(), and catch the signal, or spin off a thread I guess. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ 1st Law Economists: For every economist there exists an equal and opposite economist. 2nd Law Economists: They're both always wrong! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list