On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Baruch Even wrote:
You assume that the signal was received in the recv() call, you'll have a race condition where a child might die just before you go into recv() and the child is never reaped. The chance might be small to miniscule but it's still there.
That's why you must use both a reaper and select() with timeout. Peter ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]