</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html" title="Class child">bp::child</a></code> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">(</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/search_path.html" title="Function search_path">bp::search_path</a></code><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"g++"</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="string">"main.cpp"</span><span class="special">);</span>
-<span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675642256-bb">running</a></code><span class="special">())</span>
+<span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605253472-bb">running</a></code><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="identifier">do_some_stuff</span><span class="special">();</span>
-<span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">//wait for the process to exit </span>
-<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">result</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675646672-bb">exit_code</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
+<span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">//wait for the process to exit </span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">result</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605257888-bb">exit_code</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
So we launch the process, by calling the child constructor. Then we check
and do other things while the process is running and afterwards get the exit
- code. The call to <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code>
+ code. The call to <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code>
is necessary, to obtain it and tell the operating system, that no one is
waiting for the process anymore.
</p>
<th align="left">Note</th>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
- You can also wait for a time span or a until a time point with <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675635664-bb">wait_for</a></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675629280-bb">wait_until</a></code>
+ You can also wait for a time span or a until a time point with <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605246880-bb">wait_for</a></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605240496-bb">wait_until</a></code>
</p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<div class="warning"><table border="0" summary="Warning">
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
If you don't call wait on a child object, it will be terminated on destruction.
- This can be avoided by calling <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675651648-bb">detach</a></code>
+ This can be avoided by calling <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605262864-bb">detach</a></code>
beforehand
</p></td></tr>
</table></div>
<a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/container/vector" target="_top">std::vector</a><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">;</span>
- <span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675642256-bb">running</a></code><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&&</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">getline</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">is</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&&</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">())</span>
+ <span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605253472-bb">running</a></code><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&&</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">getline</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">is</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">&&</span> <span class="special">!</span><span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">())</span>
<span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">);</span>
- <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
+ <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">data</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">out</span> <span class="special">>></span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span>
-<span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675615520-bb">terminate</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
+<span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605226736-bb">terminate</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">filt</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">running</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">&&</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">getline</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">is</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="comment">//when nm finished the pipe closes and c++filt exits</span>
<span class="identifier">outline</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">push_back</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">line</span><span class="special">);</span>
- <span class="identifier">nm</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
+ <span class="identifier">nm</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="identifier">filt</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">wait</span><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">}</span>
</pre>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>
Passing an instance of <a href="http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boost_asio/reference/io_service.html" target="_top">boost::asio::io_service</a>
to the launching function automatically cause it to wait asynchronously
- for the exit, so no call of <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code>
+ for the exit, so no call of <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code>
is needed
</p></td></tr>
</table></div>
</ol></div>
<p>
If we have program like <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">make</span></code>,
- which does launch its own child processes, a call of <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675615520-bb">terminate</a></code>
+ which does launch its own child processes, a call of <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605226736-bb">terminate</a></code>
might not suffice. I.e. if we have a makefile launching <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">gcc</span></code>
and use the following code, the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">gcc</span></code>
process will still run afterwards:
<p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html" title="Class child">bp::child</a></code> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"make"</span><span class="special">);</span>
-<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(!</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675635664-bb">wait_for</a></code><span class="special">(</span><a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/duration" target="_top">std::chrono::seconds</a><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="comment">//give it 10 seconds</span>
- <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675615520-bb">terminate</a></code><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">//then terminate</span>
+<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(!</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605246880-bb">wait_for</a></code><span class="special">(</span><a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/duration" target="_top">std::chrono::seconds</a><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">))</span> <span class="comment">//give it 10 seconds</span>
+ <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605226736-bb">terminate</a></code><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">//then terminate</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html" title="Class group">bp::group</a></code> <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">;</span>
<code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html" title="Class child">bp::child</a></code> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"make"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">);</span>
-<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(!</span><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html#idm45477675112592-bb">wait_for</a></code><span class="special">(</span><a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/duration" target="_top">std::chrono::seconds</a><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">))</span>
- <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html#idm45477675092416-bb">terminate</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
+<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(!</span><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html#idm45170604717728-bb">wait_for</a></code><span class="special">(</span><a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/chrono/duration" target="_top">std::chrono::seconds</a><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">))</span>
+ <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html#idm45170604697552-bb">terminate</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
-<span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">//to avoid a zombie process & get the exit code</span>
+<span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">//to avoid a zombie process & get the exit code</span>
</pre>
<p>
</p>
<p>
- Now given the example, we still call <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45477675638960-bb">wait</a></code>
+ Now given the example, we still call <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/child.html#idm45170605250176-bb">wait</a></code>
to avoid a zombie process. An easier solution for that might be to use <code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/spawn.html" title="Function template spawn">spawn</a></code>.
</p>
<p>
<span class="identifier">do_something</span><span class="special">();</span>
- <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html#idm45477675116096-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
+ <span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">.</span><code class="computeroutput"><a class="link" href="../boost/process/group.html#idm45170604721232-bb">wait</a></code><span class="special">();</span>
<span class="special">};</span>
</pre>
<p>