/* file: print_child_status.c
   author: Ted Baker
   last modified: $Author: cop4610 $ on $Date: 2002/09/02 00:23:13 $
   purpose: print out reason for process termination
*/

#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500

#define _GNU_SOURCE
/* allow Gnu extensions, for function strsignal()
   (a non-standard OS API extension supported by Solaris and Linux)
*/

#include <stdio.h>
#include <wait.h>
#include <string.h>

void print_child_status (int status) {
  if (WIFEXITED (status)) {
    fprintf (stdout, "Child exited with status %d\n", WEXITSTATUS (status));
  } else if (WIFSTOPPED (status)) {
    fprintf (stdout, "Child stopped by signal %d (%s)\n", WSTOPSIG (status),
       strsignal (WSTOPSIG (status)));
  } else if (WIFSIGNALED (status)) {
    fprintf (stdout, "Child killed by signal %d (%s)\n", WTERMSIG (status),
       strsignal (WTERMSIG (status)));
  } else {
    fprintf (stdout, "Unknown child status\n");
  }
}