glib/gmain.c Clarify what a "child pid" is in the doc comments.

2008-06-11  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>

	* glib/gmain.c
	* glib/gspawn.c: Clarify what a "child pid" is in the doc
	comments.


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2008-06-11 Tor Lillqvist <tml@novell.com>
* glib/gmain.c
* glib/gspawn.c: Clarify what a "child pid" is in the doc
comments.
2008-06-10 Matthias Clasen <mclasen@redhat.com>
Bug 536158 also bump GHashTable version when a node is removed via

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@ -4003,8 +4003,8 @@ g_child_watch_source_init (void)
/**
* g_child_watch_source_new:
* @pid: process id of a child process to watch. On Windows, a HANDLE
* for the process to watch (which actually doesn't have to be a child).
* @pid: process to watch. On POSIX the pid of a child process. On
* Windows a handle for a process (which doesn't have to be a child).
*
* Creates a new child_watch source.
*
@ -4054,7 +4054,8 @@ g_child_watch_source_new (GPid pid)
* g_child_watch_add_full:
* @priority: the priority of the idle source. Typically this will be in the
* range between #G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT_IDLE and #G_PRIORITY_HIGH_IDLE.
* @pid: process id of a child process to watch
* @pid: process to watch. On POSIX the pid of a child process. On
* Windows a handle for a process (which doesn't have to be a child).
* @function: function to call
* @data: data to pass to @function
* @notify: function to call when the idle is removed, or %NULL
@ -4103,7 +4104,8 @@ g_child_watch_add_full (gint priority,
/**
* g_child_watch_add:
* @pid: process id of a child process to watch
* @pid: process id to watch. On POSIX the pid of a child process. On
* Windows a handle for a process (which doesn't have to be a child).
* @function: function to call
* @data: data to pass to @function
*

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@ -84,12 +84,15 @@ g_spawn_error_quark (void)
* @flags: flags from #GSpawnFlags
* @child_setup: function to run in the child just before exec()
* @user_data: user data for @child_setup
* @child_pid: return location for child process ID, or %NULL
* @child_pid: return location for child process reference, or %NULL
* @error: return location for error
*
* See g_spawn_async_with_pipes() for a full description; this function
* simply calls the g_spawn_async_with_pipes() without any pipes.
*
* You should call g_spawn_close_pid() on the returned child process
* reference when you don't need it any more.
*
* <note><para>
* If you are writing a GTK+ application, and the program you
* are spawning is a graphical application, too, then you may
@ -97,6 +100,11 @@ g_spawn_error_quark (void)
* the spawned program opens its windows on the right screen.
* </para></note>
*
* <note><para> Note that the returned @child_pid on Windows is a
* handle to the child process and not its identifier. Process handles
* and process identifiers are different concepts on Windows.
* </para></note>
*
* Return value: %TRUE on success, %FALSE if error is set
**/
gboolean
@ -485,6 +493,10 @@ g_spawn_sync (const gchar *working_directory,
* vector elements that need it before calling the C runtime
* spawn() function.
*
* The returned @child_pid on Windows is a handle to the child
* process, not its identifier. Process handles and process
* identifiers are different concepts on Windows.
*
* @envp is a %NULL-terminated array of strings, where each string
* has the form <literal>KEY=VALUE</literal>. This will become
* the child's environment. If @envp is %NULL, the child inherits its
@ -577,7 +589,7 @@ g_spawn_sync (const gchar *working_directory,
* and @standard_error will not be filled with valid values.
*
* If @child_pid is not %NULL and an error does not occur then the returned
* pid must be closed using g_spawn_close_pid().
* process reference must be closed using g_spawn_close_pid().
*
* <note><para>
* If you are writing a GTK+ application, and the program you
@ -1641,9 +1653,9 @@ g_execute (const gchar *file,
/**
* g_spawn_close_pid:
* @pid: The process identifier to close
* @pid: The process reference to close
*
* On some platforms, notably WIN32, the #GPid type represents a resource
* On some platforms, notably Windows, the #GPid type represents a resource
* which must be closed to prevent resource leaking. g_spawn_close_pid()
* is provided for this purpose. It should be used on all platforms, even
* though it doesn't do anything under UNIX.