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diff --git a/man/mysql_waitpid.1 b/man/mysql_waitpid.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1dc2b8844f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/mysql_waitpid.1 @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.\" Title: \fBmysql_waitpid\fR +.\" Author: +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.70.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> +.\" Date: 03/31/2009 +.\" Manual: MySQL Database System +.\" Source: MySQL 5.1 +.\" +.TH "\fBMYSQL_WAITPID\fR" "1" "03/31/2009" "MySQL 5.1" "MySQL Database System" +.\" disable hyphenation +.nh +.\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) +.ad l +.SH "NAME" +mysql_waitpid \- kill process and wait for its termination +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.HP 38 +\fBmysql_waitpid [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \fR\fB\fIpid\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIwait_time\fR\fR +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBmysql_waitpid\fR +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. +.PP +Invoke +\fBmysql_waitpid\fR +like this: +.sp +.RS 3n +.nf +shell> \fBmysql_waitpid [\fR\fB\fIoptions\fR\fR\fB] \fR\fB\fIpid\fR\fR\fB \fR\fB\fIwait_time\fR\fR +.fi +.RE +.PP +\fBmysql_waitpid\fR +sends signal 0 to the process identified by +\fIpid\fR +and waits up to +\fIwait_time\fR +seconds for the process to terminate. +\fIpid\fR +and +\fIwait_time\fR +must be positive integers. +.PP +If process termination occurs within the wait time or the process does not exist, +\fBmysql_waitpid\fR +returns 0. Otherwise, it returns 1. +.PP +If the +kill() +system call cannot handle signal 0, +\fBmysql_waitpid()\fR +uses signal 1 instead. +.PP +\fBmysql_waitpid\fR +understands the following options: +.TP 3n +\(bu +\fB\-\-help\fR, +\fB\-?\fR, +\fB\-I\fR +.sp +Display a help message and exit. +.TP 3n +\(bu +\fB\-\-verbose\fR, +\fB\-v\fR +.sp +Verbose mode. Display a warning if signal 0 could not be used and signal 1 is used instead. +.TP 3n +\(bu +\fB\-\-version\fR, +\fB\-V\fR +.sp +Display version information and exit. +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +.PP +Copyright 2007\-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +.PP +This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. +.PP +This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. +.PP +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110\-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. +.SH "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/. +.SH AUTHOR +MySQL AB (http://www.mysql.com/). |