From: Mark Slagell <ms@...>
Date: 2002-05-05T23:29:45+09:00
Subject: Re: defunct child process

neil wrote:

>neil wrote:
>  
>
>>I cannot claim this the correct way,
>>though it is based on some Pick Axe
>>code,
>>    
>>
>
>Sorry that got mangled,
>
> trap("CLD"){ # child finished
>         begin
>           waitpid(Process.wait,
>Process::WNOHANG)
>           rescue StandardError
>             break
>           end
>        }
> 
> and get the Procees.uid if you want to
>  
>

Or you might find it sufficient to say

trap('CLD') {Process.wait2}

  -- Mark