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FpWait function

In unit BaseUnix

Wait for a child to exit.

Declaration

pascal
function FpWait(var stat_loc: cint): TPid

Description

fpWait suspends the current process and waits for any child to exit or stop due to a signal. It reports the exit status of the exited child in stat_loc.

The return value of the function is the process ID of the child that exited, or -1 on error.

Errors

Extended error information can be retrieved using fpgetErrno.

See also

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