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| 35 | .Dd October 12, 2013 |
| 36 | .Dt PWAIT 1 |
| 37 | .Os |
| 38 | .Sh NAME |
| 39 | .Nm pwait |
| 40 | .Nd wait for processes to terminate |
| 41 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| 42 | .Nm |
| 43 | .Op Fl v |
| 44 | .Ar pid ... |
| 45 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 46 | The |
| 47 | .Nm |
| 48 | utility will wait until each of the given processes has terminated. |
| 49 | .Pp |
| 50 | The following option is available: |
| 51 | .Bl -tag -width ".Fl v" |
| 52 | .It Fl v |
| 53 | Print the exit status when each process terminates. |
| 54 | .El |
| 55 | .Sh EXIT STATUS |
| 56 | .Ex -std |
| 57 | .Pp |
| 58 | Invalid pids elicit a warning message but are otherwise ignored. |
| 59 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 60 | .Xr kill 1 , |
| 61 | .Xr pkill 1 , |
| 62 | .Xr ps 1 , |
| 63 | .Xr wait 1 , |
| 64 | .Xr kqueue 2 |
| 65 | .Sh NOTES |
| 66 | .Nm |
| 67 | is not a substitute for the |
| 68 | .Xr wait 1 |
| 69 | builtin |
| 70 | as it will not clean up any zombies or state in the parent process. |
| 71 | .Sh HISTORY |
| 72 | A |
| 73 | .Nm |
| 74 | command first appeared in SunOS 5.8. |
| 75 | This implementation was imported from |
| 76 | .Fx |
| 77 | into |
| 78 | .Dx 3.5 . |