WAIT(1)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 WAIT(1)



      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  pro-
           cess,  the  Shell  itself executes wait, without creating a new pro-
           cess.

      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).)


































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