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@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
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-.TH waitpid 3C "7 Dec 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "Standard C Library Functions"
+.TH WAITPID 3C "Dec 7, 2007"
.SH NAME
waitpid \- wait for child process to change state
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -91,12 +91,10 @@ The \fIoptions\fR argument is constructed from the bitwise-inclusive OR of zero
or more of the following flags, defined in the header <\fBsys/wait.h\fR>:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWCONTINUED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
The status of any continued child process specified by \fIpid\fR, whose status
has not been reported since it continued, is also reported to the calling
process.
@@ -104,12 +102,10 @@ process.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWNOHANG\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
The \fBwaitpid()\fR function will not suspend execution of the calling process
if status is not immediately available for one of the child processes specified
by \fIpid\fR.
@@ -117,24 +113,20 @@ by \fIpid\fR.
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWNOWAIT\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
Keep the process whose status is returned in \fIstat_loc\fR in a waitable
state. The process may be waited for again with identical results.
.RE
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBWUNTRACED\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 14n
-.rt
The status of any child processes specified by \fIpid\fR that are stopped, and
whose status has not yet been reported since they stopped, is also reported to
the calling process. \fBWSTOPPED\fR is a synonym for \fBWUNTRACED\fR.
@@ -158,12 +150,10 @@ returned and \fBerrno\fR is set to indicate the error.
The \fBwaitpid()\fR function will fail if:
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBECHILD\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The process or process group specified by \fIpid\fR does not exist or is not a
child of the calling process or can never be in the states specified by
\fIoptions\fR.
@@ -171,24 +161,20 @@ child of the calling process or can never be in the states specified by
.sp
.ne 2
-.mk
.na
\fB\fBEINTR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 10n
-.rt
The \fBwaitpid()\fR function was interrupted due to the receipt of a signal
sent 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
.RE
@@ -206,17 +192,16 @@ 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 StabilityCommitted
+Interface Stability Committed
_
-MT-LevelAsync-Signal-Safe
+MT-Level Async-Signal-Safe
_
-StandardSee \fBstandards\fR(5).
+Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO