PC> If I have to wait() after spawning a P_NOWAIT or P_SESSION program

 AC> Perfect sense -- it seems like a valid point.
 
 PC> So, my problem is, what good is it to use spawn*(P_NOWAIT ...) if I
 PC> have to wait() for the return code to avoid filling up memory?

 AC> Idea -- start a thread to wait() for the child process to terminate
 AC> while your main thread gets on with business. 
 AC> Andrew.

I thought about using a thread, seems like a good idea. :-)

Phil


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