From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2010-09-25T17:05:26+09:00
Subject: Re: having problems with open4 and stuck forked processes

On 25.09.2010 00:25, Tim Uckun wrote:
>> It would be safer to use select() on the data coming from the child to
>> wait for the process to terminate (when you read end-of-file)
>
> But what if the process hangs?
>
> Wouldn't I need to use timeout to check for that anyway?

Select can be called with a timeout which guarantees that the call 
returns in time regardless whether there is any data available.

Kind regards

	robert

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