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Mono Class Library: Mono.Posix.Syscall Overview | Members

Mono.Posix.Syscall.waitpid Method

waitpid() will force a parent process to wait for a child process to stop or terminate. [Edit]

public static int waitpid (int pid, out int status, WaitOptions options)

See Also

Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.waitpid

Parameters

pid
a int [Edit]
status
a int [Edit]
options
a int [Edit]

Returns

a int [Edit]

Remarks

This member is obsolete. Please use Mono.Unix.Native.Syscall.close instead.
waitpid() returns the pid of the child. On error, -1 is returned and System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetLastWin32Error is set. 'status' is an output parameter containing the exit code of the child process in question.
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Requirements

Namespace: Mono.Posix
Assembly: Mono.Posix (in Mono.Posix.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0