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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

       This documentation is NOT distributed under a GPL license. Use of this documentation is subject to
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       whole or in part, in another publication, requires the prior written consent from an authorized
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       Please email <docs@mysql.com> for more information.

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)