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WAIT(3F)               BSD Reference Manual              WAIT(3F)

mer's Manual
NNAAMMEE
       wait - wait for a process to terminate

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       iinntteeggeerr ffuunnccttiioonn wwaaiitt ((ssttaattuuss))
       iinntteeggeerr ssttaattuuss

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       _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  imme-
       diate;  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.

FFIILLEESS
       /usr/lib/libU77.a

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       wait(2), signal(3F), kill(3F), perror(3F)





























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