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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-04-23 15:58:02 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2002-04-23 15:58:02 (GMT) |
commit | 106c1a0e7a38f59191182069debd4eb7490f9bad (patch) | |
tree | c7f7765b4d0cc719fcab1167debed2b0fc3544fb /Doc/lib | |
parent | 256705bca7fb848e38d874d21d9a37a70bad4fbf (diff) | |
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WCOREDUMP(), WIFCONTINUED(), WCONTINUED, WUNTRACED: New.
isatty(), WIFEXITED(), WIFSIGNALED(), WIFSTOPPED(): Changed to return
bools instead of ints.
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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex index 7e677c9..e56f24e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex @@ -420,8 +420,8 @@ Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{isatty}{fd} -Return \code{1} if the file descriptor \var{fd} is open and connected to a -tty(-like) device, else \code{0}. +Return \code{True} if the file descriptor \var{fd} is open and +connected to a tty(-like) device, else \code{False}. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} @@ -1225,24 +1225,56 @@ process status is available immediately. Availability: \UNIX. \end{datadesc} +\begin{datadesc}{WCONTINUED} +This option causes child processes to be reported if they have been +continued from a job control stop since their status was last +reported. +Availability: Some \UNIX{} systems. +\versionadded{2.3} +\end{datadesc} + +\begin{datadesc}{WUNTRACED} +This option causes child processes to be reported if they have been +stopped but their current state has not been reported since they were +stopped. +Availability: \UNIX. +\versionadded{2.3} +\end{datadesc} + The following functions take a process status code as returned by \function{system()}, \function{wait()}, or \function{waitpid()} as a parameter. They may be used to determine the disposition of a process. +\begin{funcdesc}{WCOREDUMP}{status} +Returns \code{True} if a core dump was generated for the process, +otherwise it returns \code{False}. +Availability: \UNIX. +\versionadded{2.3} +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{WIFCONTINUED}{status} +Returns \code{True} if the process has been continued from a job +control stop, otherwise it returns \code{False}. +Availability: \UNIX. +\versionadded{2.3} +\end{funcdesc} + \begin{funcdesc}{WIFSTOPPED}{status} -Return true if the process has been stopped. +Returns \code{True} if the process has been stopped, otherwise it +returns \code{False}. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WIFSIGNALED}{status} -Return true if the process exited due to a signal. +Returns \code{True} if the process exited due to a signal, otherwise +it returns \code{False}. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{WIFEXITED}{status} -Return true if the process exited using the \manpage{exit}{2} system -call. +Returns \code{True} if the process exited using the \manpage{exit}{2} +system call, otherwise it returns \code{False}. Availability: \UNIX. \end{funcdesc} |