Subject: Re: How to check if child process is still alive?
From: Daniel DeLorme <dan-ml dan42.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:17:13 +0900
References: 241189
In-reply-to: 241189
Andreas S wrote:
>
>> You have to call Process.wait to reap the child process in order for
>> the child process to disappear entirely.
>
> I don't want to use Process.wait because it will block.
Then you should use Process.detach(child_pid)
Daniel