2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/calcurse.h b/src/calcurse.h
index cb9ea93..dec14c4 100644
--- a/src/calcurse.h
+++ b/src/calcurse.h
@@ -880,6 +880,7 @@ void         str_toupper (char *);
 void         file_close (FILE *, const char *);
 void         psleep (unsigned);
 int          fork_exec (int *, int *, const char *, char *const *);
+int          child_wait (int *, int *, int);
 
 /* vars.c */
 extern int               col, row;
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 61c87a1..75e702b 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 
 #include "calcurse.h"
 
@@ -789,3 +790,18 @@ fork_exec (int *pfdin, int *pfdout, const char *path, char *const *arg)
     }
   return pid;
 }
+
+/* Wait for a child process to terminate. */
+int
+child_wait (int *pfdin, int *pfdout, int pid)
+{
+  int stat;
+
+  if (pfdin)
+    close (*pfdin);
+  if (pfdout)
+    close (*pfdout);
+
+  waitpid (pid, &stat, 0);
+  return stat;
+}