--- ray/src/rt/persist.c	2004/09/17 21:43:50	2.35
+++ ray/src/rt/persist.c	2008/04/27 17:22:49	2.40
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: persist.c,v 2.35 2004/09/17 21:43:50 greg Exp $";
+static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: persist.c,v 2.40 2008/04/27 17:22:49 schorsch Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  * Routines for persistent rtrace and rpict processes.
@@ -12,8 +12,13 @@ static const char	RCSid[] = "$Id: persist.c,v 2.35 200
 #include <string.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "platform.h"
+#ifndef NON_POSIX /* XXX need abstraction for process management */
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "rtprocess.h" /* getpid() */
 #include "standard.h"
 #include "random.h"
@@ -121,10 +126,10 @@ pfhold(void)		/* holding pattern for idle rendering pr
 	char	buf[512];
 	register int	n;
 				/* close input and output descriptors */
-	close(fileno(stdin));
-	close(fileno(stdout));
+	close(0);
+	close(1);
 	if (errfile == NULL)
-		close(fileno(stderr));
+		close(2);
 				/* create named pipes for input and output */
 	if (mkfifo(mktemp(strcpy(inpname,TEMPLATE)), 0600) < 0)
 		goto createrr;
@@ -335,6 +340,7 @@ io_process(void)		/* just act as go-between for actual
 				} while ((nr -= n) > 0);
 		}
 	}
+	kill(pid, SIGTERM);	/* no more process to feed, so... */
 	waitpid(pid, 0, 0);	/* wait for feeder process */
 	_exit(status);
 formerr: