From: Seebs Date: 2009-12-17T11:50:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Process.waitpid(external pid) On 2009-12-17, Roger Pack wrote: > Anybody know of a way in ruby to #waitpid on a non child process? It seems unlikely in general -- waitpid, in POSIX land, really is specific to your children. Usually, the idiom is to send them signal 0 until it fails. -s -- Copyright 2009, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!