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Date:      Mon, 01 Dec 1997 02:21:13 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp server on ftp.cdrom.com 
Message-ID:  <199712011021.CAA03882@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Dec 1997 02:46:22 MST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.971201023942.8138A-100000@darkstar.home> 

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>> always keeps the attach count accurate. This provides a very low overhead
>> way of tracking the current number of users in each class without the need
>> of all of the PID files and verification.
>
>This is a really interesting way to do things.  Question: is there
>anything unreliable about using waitpid() to see which processes have
>terminated?

   The answer to this would become obvious the first time you needed to
restart the main server process. :-)

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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