wait(1)                             CLIX                             wait(1)



  NAME

    wait - Waits for the completion of a process

  SYNOPSIS

    wait [n]

  DESCRIPTION

    The wait command waits for your background process with a process ID of n
    and reports the termination status of that process.  If the n parameter is
    omitted, the wait command waits for all of your shell's currently active
    background processes.

    The shell itself executes wait, without creating a new process.

  EXAMPLES

    To wait for the process with a pid of 75, enter:

    wait 75


  CAUTIONS

    The wait command waits only on processes that are children of the shell
    and thus does not wait on the processes of a 3 or more stage pipeline.

  DIAGNOSTICS

    Cannot fork, too many processes
           Try using the wait command to clean up your background processes.
           If this does not help, the system process table is probably full or
           you have too many active foreground processes.  (The system puts a
           limit on the number of process IDs associated with your login, and
           the total for the system).

  EXIT VALUES

    The wait command exits with a value of 0 after waiting on active process
    IDs.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  sh(1)








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