NAME

wait − wait for a process to finish

SYNOPSIS

wait

DESCRIPTION

Wait until all processes started with & or bg 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

csh(1), sh(1), wait(2)

BUGS

Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage pipeline are children of the shell, and thus cannot be waited for.  This bug does not apply to csh(1). 

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 9 September 1987