seems to work

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/tools/hi-q.c b/tools/hi-q.c
index 2078c60..b2a4c7c 100644
--- a/tools/hi-q.c
+++ b/tools/hi-q.c
@@ -272,22 +272,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char const * const * env) {
         cerr << "*** kid " << ii << " setpgid OK" << endl;
       }
 
-      if (ii==0) {
-        int junk;
-        cerr << "about to read sync" << endl;
-        ssize_t rslt = read(sync[rEnd], &junk, 1);
-        if (rslt != 1) {
-          cerr << "bad sync ... 1 != " << rslt << endl;
-        } else {
-          cerr << "back from read sync, good: " << rslt << endl;
-        }
+      if (ii == 0) {
+        int junk(1);
+        write(sync[wEnd], &junk, 1);
+        cerr << "sync sent" << endl;
       }
-
 #if 1
       cerr << "kid [" << ii << "] " << getpid() 
-        << "  kidpid[0] " << kidpid[0]
+        << "  kidpid[0]: " << kidpid[0]
+        << "  pgid: " << getpgid(0)
         << " starts" << endl;
 #endif
+      usleep(50000);
 // Now that we are through creating pipes, we don't
 // need to continue blocking fd1:
       close(1);
@@ -327,6 +323,19 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char const * const * env) {
       panic(ex_syserr);
     }
     close(kid_end);
+
+      if (ii==0) {
+        int junk;
+        cerr << "about to read sync" << endl;
+        ssize_t rslt = read(sync[rEnd], &junk, 1);
+        if (rslt != 1) {
+          cerr << "bad sync ... 1 != " << rslt << endl;
+        } else {
+          cerr << "back from read sync, good: " << rslt << endl;
+        }
+      }
+
+
 // it is important to let kid#0 run a while;
 // otherwise it won't fully exist when the other kids start,
 // and depending race conditions, the setpgid could fail
@@ -340,12 +349,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char const * const * env) {
 #endif
   } /* end loop starting all kids */
 
-  { // release the hold on kid #0
-    int junk(1);
-    write(sync[wEnd], &junk, 1);
-    cerr << "sync sent" << endl;
-  }
-
 // here with the whole pipeline of kids launched
 
   close(0);             // the reading end of stdin was