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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/wait.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/wait.2 | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 b/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 index ece08dd28a97..7f8925a599a0 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/wait.2 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ as defined below. .Pp The .Fn wait4 -call provides a more general interface for programs +system call provides a more general interface for programs that need to wait for certain child processes, that need resource utilization statistics accumulated by child processes, or that require options. @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ of 0. .Pp The .Fn waitpid -call is identical to +function is identical to .Fn wait4 with an .Fa rusage @@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ is returned and .Va errno is set to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS -.Fn Wait +The +.Fn wait +function will fail and return immediately if: .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ECHILD @@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ call are extensions to the POSIX interface. .Xr _exit 2 , .Xr exit 3 .Sh HISTORY -A +The .Fn wait -function call appeared in +function appeared in .At v6 . |