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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man1/wait.1 b/static/unix-v10/man1/wait.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..939fab1f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man1/wait.1 @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +.th WAIT I 4/9/73 +.sh NAME +wait \*- await completion of process +.sh SYNOPSIS +.bd wait +.sh DESCRIPTION +Wait until all processes started with +.bd & +have completed, +and report on abnormal terminations. +.s3 +Because +.it "sys wait" +must be executed in the parent process, +the shell itself executes +.it wait, +without creating a new process +.sh "SEE ALSO" +sh(I) +.sh BUGS +After executing +.it wait +there is no way to interrupt +the processes waited on. +This is because interrupts were +set to be ignored when the process +was created. +The only out (if the process does not terminate) +is to +.it kill +the process from another terminal or to +hangup. |
