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@(#)wait.1 6.2 (Berkeley) 06/17/91
WAIT 1 ""
.AT 3
NAME
wait - await completion of process
SYNOPSIS
wait DESCRIPTION
Wait until all processes started with
& have completed,
and report on abnormal terminations.
Because the wait (2) system call must be executed in the parent process, the Shell itself executes wait, without creating a new process.
"SEE ALSO"
sh(1)
BUGS
Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage
pipeline are children of the Shell, and thus can't be waited for.
(This bug does not apply to
csh (1).)