Trapping SIGCHLD

From: Chuck (chuckh_nospam_at_softhome.net)
Date: 06/23/04 

Date: 23 Jun 2004 16:23:31 GMT

I want to lauunch several background processes within a shell script and
track when they terminate. Is there any way I can trap SIGCHLD and
determine which specific process terminated? 

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Chuck
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