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mariadb-waitpid

mariadb_waitpid is a utility for terminating processes.

It runs on Unix-like systems, making use of the kill() system call.

Previously, the client was called mysql_waitpid. It can still be accessed under this name, via a symlink in Linux, or an alternate binary in Windows.

Usage

mariadb-waitpid [options] pid time

Description

mariadb-waitpid sends signal 0 to the process pid and waits up to time seconds for the process to terminate. pid. time must be positive integers.

Returns 0 if the process terminates in time or does not exist, and 1 otherwise.

Signal 1 is used if the kill() system call cannot handle signal 0.

Options

Option

Description

-?, --help

Display help and exit.

-I, --help

Synonym for -?.

-v, --verbose

Be more verbose. Give a warning, if kill can't handle signal 0.

-V, --version

Print version information and exit.

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