close(eio->pipe_read);

  close(eio->pipe_write);

  /* maybe we should just kill rather than term the child */

  kill(eio->child, SIGTERM);

  /* 

     the waitpid(2) seems to indicate that only when the child is terminated will this wait return. 

     This are of code will probably need improving - the ability to seng SIGKILL after a timeout? So we'll output a debug line before running waitpid

  */

  fprintf(stderr, "execio_close: running waitpid\n");

  waitpid(eio->child, &childstatus, 0);

  return 0;

}