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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:26:21 +0100, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:

> I haven't got any documentation either, but the Florist implementation
> of POSIX.Process_Primitives.Start_Process_Search will give you a
> negative value in the formal parameter Child, if the creation of a new
> process failed.  If the creation didn't fail, you can use
> POSIX.Process_Primitives.Wait_For_Chilt_Process to see if the child
> process exited with the status Failed_Creation_Exit.
> 
I'm getting a positive pid so I guess the process creation is succeeding. 
But if I call Wait_For_Child_Process, in the successful case, won't that 
cause me to block? I don't want to wait until the process is done.