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+<div xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="refsynopsisdiv"><pre class="synopsis"><span class="comment">// In header: &lt;<a class="link" href="../../process/reference.html#header.boost.process.child_hpp" title="Header &lt;boost/process/child.hpp&gt;">boost/process/child.hpp</a>&gt;
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+ <span class="comment">// <a class="link" href="child.html#boost.process.childconstruct-copy-destruct">construct/copy/destruct</a></span>
+ <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24658944-bb"><span class="identifier">child</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">pid_t</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
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+ <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span><span class="special">...</span> Args<span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24662736-bb"><span class="identifier">child</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Args</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="special">...</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24665392-bb"><span class="identifier">child</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">default</span><span class="special">;</span>
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+ <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24668304-bb"><span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">child</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
+
+ <span class="comment">// <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24619024-bb">private member functions</a></span>
+ <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24619520-bb"><span class="identifier">detach</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
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+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24621984-bb"><span class="identifier">joinable</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
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+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24628512-bb"><span class="identifier">running</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24630672-bb"><span class="identifier">wait</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24631808-bb"><span class="identifier">wait</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Rep<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Period<span class="special">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24633968-bb"><span class="identifier">wait_for</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">duration</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Rep</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Period</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24637440-bb"><span class="identifier">wait_for</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">duration</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Rep</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Period</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">,</span>
+ <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Clock<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Duration<span class="special">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24640224-bb"><span class="identifier">wait_until</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_point</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Clock</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Duration</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24643696-bb"><span class="identifier">wait_until</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_point</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Clock</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Duration</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">,</span>
+ <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24646480-bb"><span class="identifier">valid</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24648496-bb"><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24650112-bb"><span class="identifier">in_group</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24651568-bb"><span class="identifier">in_group</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24653728-bb"><span class="identifier">terminate</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">void</span> <a class="link" href="child.html#idp24656656-bb"><span class="identifier">terminate</span></a><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span></pre></div>
+<div class="refsect1">
+<a name="idp430130992"></a><h2>Description</h2>
+<p>The main class to hold a child process. It is simliar to <a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/thread" target="_top">std::thread</a>, in that it has a join and detach function.</p>
+<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td>
+<th align="left">Note</th>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>The destructor will call terminate on the process if not joined or detached without any warning. </p></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p>
+</p>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="idp430133280"></a><h3>
+<a name="boost.process.childconstruct-copy-destruct"></a><code class="computeroutput">child</code>
+ public
+ construct/copy/destruct</h3>
+<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">explicit</span> <a name="idp24658944-bb"></a><span class="identifier">child</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">pid_t</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> pid<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Construct the child from a pid.</p>
+<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td>
+<th align="left">Note</th>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>There is no guarantee that this will work. The process need the right access rights, which are very platform specific. </p></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p>
+</p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><a name="idp24661216-bb"></a><span class="identifier">child</span><span class="special">(</span><a class="link" href="child.html" title="Class child">child</a> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> lhs<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Move-Constructor. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span><span class="special">...</span> Args<span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">explicit</span> <a name="idp24662736-bb"></a><span class="identifier">child</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Args</span> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span><span class="special">...</span> args<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Construct a child from a property list and launch it The standard version is to create a subprocess, which will spawn the process. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><a name="idp24665392-bb"></a><span class="identifier">child</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">default</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Construct an empty child. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><a class="link" href="child.html" title="Class child">child</a> <span class="special">&amp;</span> <a name="idp24666272-bb"></a><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="special">(</span><a class="link" href="child.html" title="Class child">child</a> <span class="special">&amp;&amp;</span> lhs<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Move assign. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><a name="idp24668304-bb"></a><span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">child</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Destructor. </p>
+<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td>
+<th align="left">Note</th>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Will call terminate (without warning) when the child was neither joined nor detached. </p></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p>
+</p>
+</li>
+</ol></div>
+</div>
+<div class="refsect2">
+<a name="idp430175200"></a><h3>
+<a name="idp24619024-bb"></a><code class="computeroutput">child</code> private member functions</h3>
+<div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a name="idp24619520-bb"></a><span class="identifier">detach</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Detach the child, i.e. let it run after this handle dies. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a name="idp24620736-bb"></a><span class="identifier">join</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Join the child. This just calls wait, but that way the naming is similar to std::thread </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24621984-bb"></a><span class="identifier">joinable</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Check if the child is joinable. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="identifier">native_handle_t</span> <a name="idp24623120-bb"></a><span class="identifier">native_handle</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Get the native handle for the child process. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">int</span> <a name="idp24624496-bb"></a><span class="identifier">exit_code</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Get the exit_code. The return value is without any meaning if the child wasn't waited for or if it was terminated. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="identifier">pid_t</span> <a name="idp24626000-bb"></a><span class="identifier">id</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Get the Process Identifier. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24627376-bb"></a><span class="identifier">running</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Check if the child process is running. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24628512-bb"></a><span class="identifier">running</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> ec<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a name="idp24630672-bb"></a><span class="identifier">wait</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Wait for the child process to exit. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a name="idp24631808-bb"></a><span class="identifier">wait</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> ec<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Rep<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Period<span class="special">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24633968-bb"></a><span class="identifier">wait_for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">duration</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Rep</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Period</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> rel_time<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Wait for the child process to exit for a period of time.
+</p>
+<div class="variablelist"><table border="0" class="variablelist compact">
+<colgroup>
+<col align="left" valign="top">
+<col>
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td><p><span class="term">Returns:</span></p></td>
+<td><p>True if child exited while waiting. </p></td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24637440-bb"></a><span class="identifier">wait_for</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">duration</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Rep</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Period</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> rel_time<span class="special">,</span>
+ <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> ec<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> Clock<span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">typename</span> Duration<span class="special">&gt;</span>
+ <span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24640224-bb"></a><span class="identifier">wait_until</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_point</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Clock</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Duration</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> timeout_time<span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Wait for the child process to exit until a point in time.
+</p>
+<div class="variablelist"><table border="0" class="variablelist compact">
+<colgroup>
+<col align="left" valign="top">
+<col>
+</colgroup>
+<tbody><tr>
+<td><p><span class="term">Returns:</span></p></td>
+<td><p>True if child exited while waiting. </p></td>
+</tr></tbody>
+</table></div>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24643696-bb"></a><span class="identifier">wait_until</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">chrono</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">time_point</span><span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">Clock</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Duration</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> timeout_time<span class="special">,</span>
+ <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> ec<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24646480-bb"></a><span class="identifier">valid</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Check if this handle holds a child process. </p>
+<div class="note"><table border="0" summary="Note">
+<tr>
+<td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="../../../../doc/src/images/note.png"></td>
+<th align="left">Note</th>
+</tr>
+<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>That does not mean, that the process is still running. It only means, that the handle does or did exist. </p></td></tr>
+</table></div>
+<p>
+</p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">explicit</span> <a name="idp24648496-bb"></a><span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Same as valid, for convenience. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24650112-bb"></a><span class="identifier">in_group</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Check if the the chlid process is in any process group. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">bool</span> <a name="idp24651568-bb"></a><span class="identifier">in_group</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> ec<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a name="idp24653728-bb"></a><span class="identifier">terminate</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>Terminate the child process.</p>
+<p>This function will cause the child process to unconditionally and immediately exit. It is implement with <a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/kill.html" target="_top">SIGKILL</a> on posix and <a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms686714.aspx" target="_top">TerminateProcess</a> on windows. </p>
+</li>
+<li class="listitem">
+<pre class="literallayout"><span class="keyword">void</span> <a name="idp24656656-bb"></a><span class="identifier">terminate</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">error_code</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span> ec<span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">noexcept</span><span class="special">;</span></pre>
+<p>This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It differs from the above function only in what argument(s) it accepts. </p>
+</li>
+</ol></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
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