How can I ensure that my program generate SIGCHLD signal only in case
child process terminate .(not in case when child process stop). Is
there any other way to deal with this problem.


TIA
niraj

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On 29 Jun 2005 05:00:09 -0700, niraj.kumar.ait@gmail.com wrote:

>How can I ensure that my program generate SIGCHLD signal only in case
>child process terminate .(not in case when child process stop). Is
>there any other way to deal with this problem.


man sigaction

Look at SA_NOCLDSTOP.

Cheers,

Michael

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can i block stop signal(dont want to catch stop child  process)
without using sigaction.

Actually i m using sigwait ,sigset_t

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Hello Niraj,

> can i block stop signal(dont want to catch stop child  process)
> without using sigaction.

SIGSTOP like SIGKILL can't be caught.

Cheers,
Loic.

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