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Old 02-01-2005, 11:39 PM   #1
ringerxyz
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about wait


if the process which calls wait() has no child process at all,will wait() block forever
or return immediatly?
thanks
 
Old 02-02-2005, 12:00 AM   #2
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u could have tried yourself by writing a small piece of code.

BTW , it will return immediately.
 
  


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