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Old 03-17-2009
pause() problems
well is gets stuck and i dont know why.......


pid=fork();
if(pid==0)
{
pause();
write(1,"child",5);
exit(0);
}
else
{
sleep(1);
kill(pid,SIGCONT);
write(1,"parent",5);
wait(0);


}
all=1;
exit(0);
Can anybody tell me please why is that so?
# 2  
Old 03-17-2009
Ok.Another question from another side. How can make a parent to wait until children will be all paused?
 
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