wait3 emulation in SYSTEMV ?? - (nf)

jh at pcsbst jh at pcsbst
Fri Jan 29 18:54:00 AEST 1988


It is not true that a process id is not unique, even for a
dead process in the zombi state.

In AT&T System V.[23] a zombi process keeps its process id (pid)
until it is really eliminated by wait() (or ignoring SIGCLD).
Thus, the process id is not reused when creating a new process
and the technique for a pseudo wait3() in SVR[23] should work 100% ok.

		Johannes Heuft
		unido!pcsbst!jh



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