what does wait(2) really do with status?

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From: David Sherman
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 1985 03:54

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According to the manual for wait(2), the argument supplied
is a pointer to int (that is, "int *status"). The manual goes
on to talk about its "high byte" and "low byte", obviously
a throwback to the PDP-11. Anyone know whether status should
be declared pointer to short, or what?

Dave Sherman
The Law Society of Upper Canada
Toronto
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