>From Al Viro on Tuesday, 31 July, 2007: >On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 10:40:59PM -0500, Joseph Pingenot wrote: >> I'm trying to implement pwait. It blocks until a specified PID exits, >> and then it exits. >er... ptrace(2)?
Should work for most common usage scenarios, although will suspect that it won't for for processes owned by another user (at least, I hope it wouldn't). What is dangerous about inotify on a proc file? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]/////////////////////////////////////////////// "There is also an entire branch in the physical therapy field dedicated to the treatment of little-finger injuries caused by excessive Emacs use." --Linux Weekly News editor (http://lwn.net/Articles/206916/) ///////260 IATL / The University of Iowa / Iowa City, IA 52242/////// - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/