|  | I have same problem in signal program.
Programing Environment:
	Digital UNIX 3.2 & 4.0b
	DEC C
when child process exited, Parent process can't get all SIGCHLD signal from
child process.
At next following test program, Parent prcess get SIGCHLD signal 2 times.
How can Parent process get signal(SIGCHLD) every time when child process
exited ?
#include        <signal.h>
void
sigh( int n )
{
        int     cpid;
        signal(SIGCHLD, sigh);
        printf( "11111111---SIGH\n" );
        cpid=wait( (int *)0 );
        printf( "sigh function cpid = %d\n", cpid );
}
void
main()
{
        int             cpid=0;
        signal(SIGCHLD, sigh);
        if( (cpid = fork()) == 0 )
        {
                printf("fork1 ok\n");
                exit();
        }
        printf("1: cpid = %d \n", cpid);
        if( (cpid = fork()) == 0 )
        {
	      printf(fork2 ok\n"};
	      exit(); 
        }
        printf("2: cpid = %d \n", cpid);
        if( (cpid = fork()) == 0 )
        {
                printf("fork3 ok\n");
                exit();
        }
        printf("3: cpid = %d \n", cpid);
        sleep( 3 );
        while( 1 )
        {
                printf( "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa\n" );
                sleep( 2 );
        }
}
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|  | This isn't really a C language question, but rather a UNIX operating-system
question.
I suspect the answer is that if several of your child processes terminate
at about the same time, you only get one signal.  Therefore, your handler
needs to contain a loop.  It should probably call waitpid() with the WNOHANG
option.
If this doesn't help, ask the question in TURRIS::DIGITAL_UNIX.
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