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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991,95,96,97,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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19 #include <errno.h>
20 #include <sys/wait.h>
21 #include <sys/types.h>
24 /* Wait for a child matching PID to die.
25 If PID is greater than 0, match any process whose process ID is PID.
26 If PID is (pid_t) -1, match any process.
27 If PID is (pid_t) 0, match any process with the
28 same process group as the current process.
29 If PID is less than -1, match any process whose
30 process group is the absolute value of PID.
31 If the WNOHANG bit is set in OPTIONS, and that child
32 is not already dead, return (pid_t) 0. If successful,
33 return PID and store the dead child's status in STAT_LOC.
34 Return (pid_t) -1 for errors. If the WUNTRACED bit is set in OPTIONS,
35 return status for stopped children; otherwise don't. */
36 pid_t
37 __libc_waitpid (pid_t pid, int *stat_loc, int options)
39 if ((options & ~(WNOHANG|WUNTRACED)) != 0)
41 __set_errno (EINVAL);
42 return (pid_t) -1;
45 __set_errno (ENOSYS);
46 return (pid_t) -1;
48 weak_alias (__libc_waitpid, __waitpid)
49 libc_hidden_weak (__waitpid)
50 weak_alias (__libc_waitpid, waitpid)
52 stub_warning (waitpid)
53 #include <stub-tag.h>