INF: wait() and cwait() Are for Protected Mode Only

ID Number: Q38293

5.10 6.00 6.00a

OS/2

Summary:

Page 556 of the "Microsoft C Optimizing Compiler User's Guide" for

version 5.1 states that to obtain the exit code for an asynchronous

spawned process, you must call the wait() or cwait() function and

specify the process ID.

More Information:

Wait(), cwait(), and asynchronous spawns can occur only in OS/2.

The wait() function suspends the calling process until any of the

caller's immediate child processes terminate. If all of the caller's

child processes have terminated before it calls the wait function, the

function returns immediately.

The cwait() function suspends the calling process until the specified

child process terminates.

For more information, refer to the version 5.1 "Microsoft C Optimizing

Compiler User's Guide," Update pages 30 and 48. In Microsoft C 6.0,

refer to the QuickHelp on wait() and cwait().

Additional reference words: 5.10 6.00 6.00a