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<code class="sig">Process.free(handle) -&gt; void</code>
<div class="desc"><p>Releases the handle so it can be reused. It does <strong>not</strong> stop a child that is still running — use <a href="process-kill.html"><code>Process.kill</code></a> first for that; such a child keeps running and is reaped by the runtime when it ends, so it never lingers as a zombie. After <code>free</code>, polling the old handle answers <code>255</code>.</p></div>
<div class="examples"><h2>Example</h2><pre data-lang="ludic">program Demo {
entry {
let h = Process.spawn("/bin/sh", ["-c", "exit 0"])
var code = Process.poll(h)
while code == -1 { code = Process.poll(h) }
Process.free(h)
}
}</pre></div>
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