WAIT(I) 4/9/73 WAIT(I)





WAIT(I)                      4/9/73                       WAIT(I)







NAME

     wait - await completion of process



SYNOPSIS

     wait



DESCRIPTION

     Wait until all processes started with & have completed,  and

     report on abnormal terminations.



     Because sys wait must be executed in the parent process, the

     Shell itself executes wait, without creating a new process.



SEE ALSO

     sh (I)



BUGS

     After executing wait you  are  committed  to  waiting  until

     termination, because interrupts and quits are ignored by all

     processes concerned.  The only out, if the process does  not

     terminate,  is  to  kill it from another terminal or to hang

     up.
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