4.3BSD-UWisc/man/cat3/wait.3f

WAIT(3F)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             WAIT(3F)



NAME
     wait - wait for a process to terminate

SYNOPSIS
     integer function wait (status)
     integer status

DESCRIPTION
     _W_a_i_t causes its caller to be suspended until a signal is
     received or one of its child processes terminates.  If any
     child has terminated since the last _w_a_i_t, return is immedi-
     ate; if there are no children, return is immediate with an
     error code.

     If the returned value is positive, it is the process ID of
     the child and _s_t_a_t_u_s is its termination status (see
     _w_a_i_t(2)).  If the returned value is negative, it is the
     negation of a system error code.

FILES
     /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO
     wait(2), signal(3F), kill(3F), perror(3F)































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