From: OliverMarchand <oliver.marchand@...>
Date: 2006-10-07T01:20:11+09:00
Subject: Re: getstatusoutput

ara.t.howard@noaa.gov schrieb:
> your analysis is correct, it's why i wrote open4.  however, you cannot wait on
> the program with 'getstatusoutput' either - at least i don't see the child pid
> in there?
>
> do you mean you just need the exit_status?  i assume so given the interface
> above.

Thanks for your quick answer.

I was assuming that my getstatusoutput returns after the process has
finished. I was wanting to add a timeout parameter and an exception for
overly long executions, but left that discussion out of the original
post to make it as simple as possible.

Thanks for hinting open4, the only thing I am wondering is the best
method to wait for pid to finish!? Now I can write some "while pid
exists do nothing", but doen't that consume unnecessary cyles?

Thanks, Oliver