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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 supports 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 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

       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.

       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.

       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/.

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
       Sun Microsystems, Inc. (http://www.mysql.com/).



MySQL 5.0                                        05/07/2009                                 MYSQL_WAITPID(1)