3 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.cpp b/src/process.cpp
index bea5932..9340647 100644
--- a/src/process.cpp
+++ b/src/process.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@ void Bu::Process::close()
 
 size_t Bu::Process::read( void *pBuf, size_t nBytes )
 {
-        return TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY( ::read( iStdOut, pBuf, nBytes ) );
+        size_t nRead = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY( ::read( iStdOut, pBuf, nBytes ) );
+        if( nRead == 0 )
+        {
+                close();
+                return 0;
+        }
+        return nRead;
         /*
         size_t iTotal = 0;
         for(;;)
@@ -162,12 +168,12 @@ void Bu::Process::setPosEnd( long )
 
 bool Bu::Process::isEos()
 {
-        return false;
+        return (iPid == 0);
 }
 
 bool Bu::Process::isOpen()
 {
-        return true;
+        return (iPid != 0);
 }
 
 void Bu::Process::flush()
@@ -212,3 +218,8 @@ void Bu::Process::setBlocking( bool bBlocking )
                 fcntl( iStdOut, F_SETFL, fcntl( iStdOut, F_GETFL, 0 )|O_NONBLOCK );
 }
 
+pid_t Bu::Process::getPid()
+{
+        return iPid;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/process.h b/src/process.h
index 121b2dc..e04bb59 100644
--- a/src/process.h
+++ b/src/process.h
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ namespace Bu
                 virtual bool isBlocking();
                 virtual void setBlocking( bool bBlocking=true );
 
+                /**
+                 * Returns the pid of the child process, or zero if there is no
+                 * currently running child.  Note that a read operation must be
+                 * performed in order to discover that the child has ended.
+                 */
+                pid_t getPid();
+
         private:
                 int iStdIn;
                 int iStdOut;
diff --git a/src/tests/procs.cpp b/src/tests/procs.cpp
index c456823..4f177c9 100644
--- a/src/tests/procs.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/procs.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ int main()
 {
         //Bu::Process p( argv[1], argv+1 );
             Bu::Process p("mplayer", "mplayer", "dvd://", "-framedrop",
-        "-ao", "null", "-nosound", "-vf", "framestep=I,cropdetect" "-sstep",
+        "-ao", "null", "-nosound", "-vf", "framestep=I,cropdetect", "-sstep",
         "197", NULL );
 
         char buf[1000];