mysql_waitpid

MYSQL_WAITPID(1)	    MySQL Database System	     MYSQL_WAITPID(1)



NAME
       mysql_waitpid - kill process and wait for its termination

SYNOPSIS
       mysql_waitpid [options] pid wait_time

DESCRIPTION
       mysql_waitpid signals a process to terminate and waits for the process
       to exit. It uses the kill() system call and Unix signals, so it runs
       on Unix and Unix-like systems.

       Invoke mysql_waitpid like this:

	  shell> mysql_waitpid [options] pid wait_time

       mysql_waitpid sends signal 0 to the process identified by pid and
       waits up to wait_time seconds for the process to terminate.  pid and
       wait_time must be positive integers.

       If process termination occurs within the wait time or the process does
       not exist, mysql_waitpid returns 0. Otherwise, it returns 1.

       If the kill() system call cannot handle signal 0, mysql_waitpid() uses
       signal 1 instead.

       mysql_waitpid understands the following options:

       ·  --help, -?, -I

	  Display a help message and exit.

       ·  --verbose, -v

	  Verbose mode. Display a warning if signal 0 could not be used and
	  signal 1 is used instead.

       ·  --version, -V

	  Display version information and exit.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1997-2007 MySQL AB

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SEE ALSO
       For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
       which may already be installed locally and which is also available
       online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.

AUTHOR
       MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/).  This software comes with no
       warranty.



MySQL 5.0			  07/04/2007		     MYSQL_WAITPID(1)