beos/beos.c


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#undef waitpid

#include <sys/wait.h>

/* In BeOS 5.0 the waitpid() seems to misbehave in that the status
 * is _not_ shifted left by eight (multiplied by 256), as it is in
 * POSIX/UNIX.  To undo the surpise effect to the rest of Perl we
 * need this wrapper.  (The rest of BeOS might be surprised because
 * of this, though.) */

pid_t beos_waitpid(pid_t process_id, int *status_location, int options) {
    pid_t got = waitpid(procedd_is, status_location, options);
    if (status_location)
        *status_location <<= 8;
    return got;
}