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-.TH waitid 2 "9 Jun 2004" "SunOS 5.11" "System Calls"
+.TH WAITID 2 "Jun 9, 2004"
.SH NAME
waitid \- wait for child process to change state
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -57,68 +57,56 @@ The \fIoptions\fR argument is used to specify which state changes
any of the following flags:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWCONTINUED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Return the status for any child that was stopped and has been continued.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWEXITED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Wait for process(es) to exit.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWNOHANG\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Return immediately.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWNOWAIT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Keep the process in a waitable state.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWSTOPPED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Wait for and return the process status of any child that has stopped upon
receipt of a signal.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWTRAPPED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Wait for traced process(es) to become trapped or reach a breakpoint (see
\fBptrace\fR(3C)).
.RE
@@ -152,47 +140,39 @@ have changed state if \fBinfo->si_pid\fR is \fB0\fR.
The \fBwaitid()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBECHILD\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The set of processes specified by \fIidtype\fR and \fIid\fR does not contain
any unwaited processes.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEFAULT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The \fIinfop\fR argument points to an illegal address.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINTR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The \fBwaitid()\fR function was interrupted due to the receipt of a signal by
the calling process.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINVAL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
An invalid value was specified for \fIoptions\fR, or \fIidtype\fR and \fIid\fR
specify an invalid set of processes.
.RE
@@ -212,15 +192,14 @@ See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp
.TS
-tab() box;
-cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i)
-lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i)
-.
-ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
+box;
+c | c
+l | l .
+ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
-Interface StabilityStandard
+Interface Stability Standard
_
-MT-LevelAsync-Signal-Safe
+MT-Level Async-Signal-Safe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO