procexec/print_wait_status.h

This is procexec/print_wait_status.h, an example to accompany the book, The Linux Programming Interface.

This file is not printed in the book; it is the header file for print_wait_status.c (Listing 26-2, page 546).

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/* print_wait_status.h

   Header file for print_wait_status.c.
*/
#ifndef PRINT_WAIT_STATUS_H     /* Prevent accidental double inclusion */
#define PRINT_WAIT_STATUS_H

void printWaitStatus(const char *msg, int status);

#endif

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