> whats the easiest way to see if a parent process is still alive?
> I could find out the ppid with getppid and send it a signal. If the signal
> is ESRCH, the it doesn't exist. Is there a better way?
If I understand Unix process management correctly, if the parent
dies, init will inherit it's children. So you should see PPID change
to 1.
Later,
Kenn
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