wait_for_exit.hpp

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// Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Julio M. Merino Vidal
// Copyright (c) 2008 Ilya Sokolov, Boris Schaeling
// Copyright (c) 2009 Boris Schaeling
// Copyright (c) 2010 Felipe Tanus, Boris Schaeling
// Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Jeff Flinn, Boris Schaeling
//
// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
/**
 * \file boost/process/wait_for_exit.hpp
 *
 * Defines a function to wait for a process to exit.
 */
 
#pragma once
 
#include <boost/process/config.hpp>
 
#include BOOST_PROCESS_PLATFORM_PROMOTE_PATH(wait_for_exit)
BOOST_PROCESS_PLATFORM_PROMOTE_NAMESPACE(wait_for_exit)
 
#if defined(BOOST_PROCESS_DOXYGEN)
namespace boost::process
{
 
    /**
     * Waits for a process to exit.
     *
     * On Window boost::process::wait_for_exit returns the exit code
     * of the process. On POSIX the exit status is returned. You must
     * use the macro \c WEXITSTATUS (defined in sys/wait.h) to fetch
     * the exit code from the exit status.
     *
     * \note This is a blocking function.
     *
     * \throws boost::system::system_error in case of an error
     */
    template <class Process>
    int_type wait_for_exit(const Process& p);
 
    /**
     * Waits for a process to exit.
     *
     * On Window boost::process::wait_for_exit returns the exit code
     * of the process. On POSIX the exit status is returned. You must
     * use the macro \c WEXITSTATUS (defined in sys/wait.h) to fetch
     * the exit code from the exit status.
     *
     * \note This is a blocking function.
     */
    template <class Process>
    int_type wait_for_exit(const Process& p, boost::system::error_code& ec);
 
}
#endif