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1 /*
3 @deftypefn Supplemental int waitpid (int @var{pid}, int *@var{status}, int)
5 This is a wrapper around the @code{wait} function. Any ``special''
6 values of @var{pid} depend on your implementation of @code{wait}, as
7 does the return value. The third argument is unused in @libib{}.
9 @end deftypefn
13 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
14 #include "config.h"
15 #endif
17 /* On some systems (such as WindISS), you must include <sys/types.h>
18 to get the definition of "pid_t" before you include <sys/wait.h>. */
19 #include <sys/types.h>
21 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H
22 #include <sys/wait.h>
23 #endif
25 pid_t
26 waitpid (pid_t pid, int *stat_loc, int options)
28 for (;;)
30 int wpid = wait(stat_loc);
31 if (wpid == pid || wpid == -1)
32 return wpid;