HP-UX Reference (11i v2 03/08) - 2 System Calls (vol 5)

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wait3(2) wait3(2)
specified by the options argument.
[EFAULT] Problems were encountered in the retrieval of status information for the
specified child process.
[EINTR]
wait3() has been interrupted by a signal. The value in the location
pointed to by the stat_loc argument is undefined.
[EINVAL] The options argument to
waitpid() or wait3() is invalid.
WARNINGS
The behavior of
wait3() is affected if the
SIGCLD signal is set to SIG_IGN. See the WARNINGS sec-
tion of signal (5). Signal handlers that cause system calls to be restarted can affect the [EINTR] condition
described above (see bsdproc (3C), sigaction (2), and sigvector (2)).
AUTHOR
wait3() was developed by HP, AT&T, and the University of California, Berkeley.
SEE ALSO
exec(2), exit(2), fork(2), pause(2), wait(2), waitpid(2).
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