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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2005-06-25 19:55:04 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2005-06-25 19:55:04 (GMT) |
| commit | 03dbb4f50dec0b51eddddec2b445c1b6ba8935f3 (patch) | |
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| parent | 71de040b82362c4604d72fba15ab15f02b3d75b6 (diff) | |
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Bug [ 1190563 ] os.waitpid docs don't specify return value for WNOHANG
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 7611e5b..6bf22d8 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -1680,8 +1680,9 @@ return suitable process handles. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{WNOHANG} -The option for \function{waitpid()} to avoid hanging if no child -process status is available immediately. +The option for \function{waitpid()} to return immediately if no child +process status is available immediately. The function returns +\code{(0, 0)} in this case. Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX. \end{datadesc} |