MBKWAITPID(3)						       MBK UTILITY FUNCTIONS						     MBKWAITPID(3)

NAME

       mbkwaitpid - wait for the end of a particular child process.

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
       Paris, France.

       Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
       E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mut.h"
       int mbkwaitpid( pid, mode, status )
       int pid;
       int mode;
       int *status;

PARAMETER

       pid		   Process number to wait.

       mode		   If mode is set to 1, this function return only when the child process is terminated. Otherwise, function return immedi-
			   atly.

       status		   If not NULL, the exit status of terminated child process.

DESCRIPTION

       mbkwaitpid  provides  a	centralized  way to catch terminated child process.  Because some Alliance library can create a child process, and
       user application can do so, there must be a centralized way to get the exit status of process.  The programmer should never modify the han-
       dler for SIGCHLD.

RETURN VALUE

       mbkwaitpid return 1 if child process is terminated, and 0 if isn't (case mode != 1 ).

SEE ALSO

       mbk(1), mbksetautoackchld().

BUG REPORT

       This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
       We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

ASIM
/LIP6							 November 20, 2000						     MBKWAITPID(3)