added WNOHANG

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 4bbe9c0addef · 1995-03-30T16:00:36.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libposix.tex b/Doc/lib/libposix.tex
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{posix}}
 \code{perror()}.
 \end{excdesc}
 
-It defines the following functions:
+It defines the following functions and constants:
 
 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module posix)}
 \begin{funcdesc}{chdir}{path}
@@ -355,3 +355,8 @@ \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{posix}}
 \code{posix.fdopen}, or \code{sys.stdout} or \code{sys.stderr}, use
 its \code{write()} method.
 \end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{datadesc}{WNOHANG}
+The option for \code{waitpid()} to avoid hanging if no child process
+status is available immediately.
+\end{datadesc}
diff --git a/Doc/libposix.tex b/Doc/libposix.tex
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{posix}}
 \code{perror()}.
 \end{excdesc}
 
-It defines the following functions:
+It defines the following functions and constants:
 
 \renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(in module posix)}
 \begin{funcdesc}{chdir}{path}
@@ -355,3 +355,8 @@ \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{posix}}
 \code{posix.fdopen}, or \code{sys.stdout} or \code{sys.stderr}, use
 its \code{write()} method.
 \end{funcdesc}
+
+\begin{datadesc}{WNOHANG}
+The option for \code{waitpid()} to avoid hanging if no child process
+status is available immediately.
+\end{datadesc}
