* Shao Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In my C program, I have created a child process to do some timeout > stuff in case something goes wrong. > > But when I exit the main program, how do I kill this child process > since I no longer need it?? > > I have checked the man page for wait... but is there anyway to > instantly kill this child process?? Have a look at 'man 2 kill' instead. The PID is the returnvalue from fork.
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