src/process.h

   1 /* process.h -- header for child process routines for vlock,
   2  *              the VT locking program for linux
   3  *
   4  * This program is copyright (C) 2007 Frank Benkstein, and is free
   5  * software which is freely distributable under the terms of the
   6  * GNU General Public License version 2, included as the file COPYING in this
   7  * distribution.  It is NOT public domain software, and any
   8  * redistribution not permitted by the GNU General Public License is
   9  * expressly forbidden without prior written permission from
  10  * the author.
  11  *
  12  */
  13
  14 #include <stdbool.h>
  15 #include <sys/types.h>
  16
  17 /* Wait for the given amount of time for the death of the given child process.
  18  * If the child process dies in the given amount of time or already was dead
  19  * true is returned and false otherwise. */
  20 bool wait_for_death(pid_t pid, long sec, long usec);
  21
  22 /* Try hard to kill the given child process. */
  23 void ensure_death(pid_t pid);
  24
  25 /* Close all possibly open file descriptors except STDIN_FILENO, STDOUT_FILENO
  26  * and STDERR_FILENO. */
  27 void close_all_fds(void);