Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site genrad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!john From: john@genrad.UUCP (John Nelson) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Which *nix ? BSD : System V Message-ID: <692@genrad.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Mar-85 14:16:01 EST Article-I.D.: genrad.692 Posted: Sun Mar 3 14:16:01 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:29:11 EST References: <147@rtech.ARPA> <492@rlgvax.UUCP> <5068@elsie.UUCP> <690@genrad.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Bolton, Mass. Lines: 9 As an alternative to including, here is something that works MUCH BETTER. Include . V7 systems do not have any signal which indicates a child process has terminated. Both SIII and SV call that signal SIGCLD. All berkeley systems have an equivalent signal, but call it SIGCHLD. has other goodies for system differention. I always use SIGSTOP to check for job control, and SIGVTALRM for 4.2 BSD exclusivity.