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  48 .TH WAIT 1 "Mar 13, 2008"
  49 .SH NAME
  50 wait \- await process completion
  51 .SH SYNOPSIS
  52 .LP
  53 .nf
  54 
  55 .fi
  56 
  57 .SS "/bin/sh"
  58 .LP
  59 .nf
  60 \fBwait\fR [\fIpid\fR]...
  61 .fi
  62 
  63 .SS "/bin/jsh /bin/ksh /usr/xpg4/bin/sh"
  64 .LP
  65 .nf
  66 \fBwait\fR [\fIpid\fR]...
  67 .fi
  68 
  69 .LP
  70 .nf
  71 \fBwait\fR [% \fIjobid\fR...]
  72 .fi
  73 
  74 .SS "/bin/csh"
  75 .LP
  76 .nf
  77 \fBwait\fR
  78 .fi
  79 
  80 .SS "ksh93"
  81 .LP
  82 .nf
  83 \fBwait\fR [\fIjob...\fR]
  84 .fi
  85 
  86 .SH DESCRIPTION
  87 .sp
  88 .LP
  89 The shell itself executes \fBwait\fR, without creating a new process. If you
  90 get the error message \fBcannot fork,too many processes\fR, try using the
  91 \fBwait\fR command to clean up your background processes. If this doesn't help,
  92 the system process table is probably full or you have too many active
  93 foreground processes. There is a limit to the number of process \fBID\fRs
  94 associated with your login, and to the number the system can keep track of.
  95 .sp
  96 .LP
  97 Not all the processes of a pipeline with three or more stages are children of
  98 the shell, and thus cannot be waited for.
  99 .SS "/bin/sh, /bin/jsh"
 100 .sp
 101 .LP
 102 Wait for your background process whose process \fBID\fR is \fIpid\fR and report
 103 its termination status. If \fIpid\fR is omitted, all your shell's currently
 104 active background processes are waited for and the return code is \fB0\fR. The
 105 \fBwait\fR utility accepts a job identifier, when Job Control is enabled (jsh),
 106 and the argument, \fIjobid\fR, is preceded by a percent sign (\fB%\fR).
 107 .sp
 108 .LP
 109 If \fIpid\fR is not an active process \fBID,\fR the \fBwait\fR utility returns
 110 immediately and the return code is \fB0\fR.
 111 .SS "csh"
 112 .sp
 113 .LP
 114 Wait for your background processes.
 115 .SS "ksh"
 116 .sp
 117 .LP
 118 When an asynchronous list is started by the shell, the process \fBID\fR of the
 119 last command in each element of the asynchronous list becomes known in the
 120 current shell execution environment.
 121 .sp
 122 .LP
 123 If the \fBwait\fR utility is invoked with no operands, it waits until all
 124 process \fBIDs\fR known to the invoking shell have terminated and exit with an
 125 exit status of \fB0\fR.
 126 .sp
 127 .LP
 128 If one or more \fIpid\fR or \fIjobid\fR operands are specified that represent
 129 known process \fBID\fRs (or jobids), the \fBwait\fR utility waits until all of
 130 them have terminated. If one or more \fIpid\fR or \fIjobid\fR operands are
 131 specified that represent unknown process \fBID\fRs (or jobids), \fBwait\fR
 132 treats them as if they were known process \fBID\fRs (or jobids) that exited
 133 with exit status \fB127\fR. The exit status returned by the \fBwait\fR utility
 134 is the exit status of the process requested by the last \fIpid\fR or
 135 \fIjobid\fR operand.
 136 .sp
 137 .LP
 138 The known process \fBID\fRs are applicable only for invocations of \fBwait\fR
 139 in the current shell execution environment.
 140 .SS "ksh93"
 141 .sp
 142 .LP
 143 wait with no operands, waits until all jobs known to the invoking shell have
 144 terminated. If one or more job operands are specified, wait waits until all of
 145 them have completed. Each job can be specified as one of the following:
 146 .sp
 147 .ne 2
 148 .na
 149 \fB\fInumber\fR\fR
 150 .ad
 151 .RS 12n
 152 \fInumber\fR refers to a process ID.
 153 .RE
 154 
 155 .sp
 156 .ne 2
 157 .na
 158 \fB\fB-\fR\fInumber\fR\fR
 159 .ad
 160 .RS 12n
 161 \fInumber\fR refers to a process group ID.
 162 .RE


 195 .ad
 196 .br
 197 .na
 198 \fB\fB%%\fR\fR
 199 .ad
 200 .RS 12n
 201 Refers to the current job
 202 .RE
 203 
 204 .sp
 205 .ne 2
 206 .na
 207 \fB\fB%-\fR\fR
 208 .ad
 209 .RS 12n
 210 Refers to the previous job
 211 .RE
 212 
 213 .sp
 214 .LP
 215 If one ore more job operands is a process id or process group id not known by
 216 the current shell environment, \fBwait\fR treats each of them as if it were a
 217 process that exited with status 127.
 218 .SH OPERANDS
 219 .sp
 220 .LP
 221 The following operands are supported:
 222 .sp
 223 .ne 2
 224 .na
 225 \fB\fIpid\fR\fR
 226 .ad
 227 .RS 9n
 228 The unsigned decimal integer process \fBID\fR of a command, for which the
 229 utility is to wait for the termination.
 230 .RE
 231 
 232 .sp
 233 .ne 2
 234 .na
 235 \fB\fIjobid\fR\fR
 236 .ad
 237 .RS 9n
 238 A job control job \fBID\fR that identifies a background process group to be
 239 waited for. The job control job \fBID\fR notation is applicable only for
 240 invocations of \fBwait\fR in the current shell execution environment, and only
 241 on systems supporting the job control option.
 242 .RE
 243 
 244 .SH USAGE
 245 .sp
 246 .LP
 247 On most implementations, \fBwait\fR is a shell built-in. If it is called in a
 248 subshell or separate utility execution environment, such as one of the
 249 following,
 250 .sp
 251 .in +2
 252 .nf
 253 (wait)
 254 nohup wait ...
 255 find . -exec wait ... \e;
 256 .fi
 257 .in -2
 258 .sp
 259 
 260 .sp
 261 .LP
 262 it returns immediately because there is no known process \fBID\fRs to wait for
 263 in those environments.
 264 .SH EXAMPLES
 265 .LP
 266 \fBExample 1 \fRUsing A Script To Identify The Termination Signal
 267 .sp
 268 .LP
 269 Although the exact value used when a process is terminated by a signal is
 270 unspecified, if it is known that a signal terminated a process, a script can
 271 still reliably figure out which signal is using \fBkill\fR, as shown by the
 272 following (\fB/bin/ksh\fR and \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR):
 273 
 274 .sp
 275 .in +2
 276 .nf
 277 sleep 1000&
 278 pid=$!
 279 kill -kill $pid
 280 wait $pid
 281 echo $pid was terminated by a SIG$(kill -l $(($?\(mi128))) signal.
 282 .fi
 283 .in -2
 284 .sp
 285 


 298 jobs -l %%
 299 .fi
 300 .in -2
 301 .sp
 302 
 303 .sp
 304 .LP
 305 then either of the following commands returns the exit status of the second
 306 \fBsleep\fR in the pipeline:
 307 
 308 .sp
 309 .in +2
 310 .nf
 311 wait <\fIpid of sleep 31\fR>
 312 wait %%
 313 .fi
 314 .in -2
 315 .sp
 316 
 317 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
 318 .sp
 319 .LP
 320 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
 321 that affect the execution of \fBwait\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
 322 \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
 323 .SH EXIT STATUS
 324 .SS "ksh93"
 325 .sp
 326 .LP
 327 The following exit values are returned by the \fBwait\fR built-in in
 328 \fBksh93\fR:
 329 .sp
 330 .ne 2
 331 .na
 332 \fB\fB0\fR\fR
 333 .ad
 334 .RS 7n
 335 \fBwait\fR was invoked with no operands. All processes known by the invoking
 336 process have terminated.
 337 .RE
 338 
 339 .sp
 340 .ne 2
 341 .na
 342 \fB\fB127\fR\fR
 343 .ad
 344 .RS 7n
 345 \fIjob\fR is a process id or process group id that is unknown to the current
 346 shell environment.
 347 .RE
 348 
 349 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 350 .sp
 351 .LP
 352 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 353 .sp
 354 
 355 .sp
 356 .TS
 357 box;
 358 c | c
 359 l | l .
 360 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 361 _
 362 Interface Stability     Committed
 363 _
 364 Standard        See \fBstandards\fR(5).
 365 .TE
 366 
 367 .SH SEE ALSO
 368 .sp
 369 .LP
 370 \fBcsh\fR(1), \fBjobs\fR(1), \fBksh\fR(1), \fBksh93\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1),
 371 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)


  28 .\" Common Development and Distribution License (the "License").
  29 .\" You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  30 .\"
  31 .\" You can obtain a copy of the license at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE
  32 .\" or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
  33 .\" See the License for the specific language governing permissions
  34 .\" and limitations under the License.
  35 .\"
  36 .\" When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each
  37 .\" file and include the License file at usr/src/OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE.
  38 .\" If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
  39 .\" fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying
  40 .\" information: Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
  41 .\"
  42 .\"
  43 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
  44 .\" Copyright 1992 X/Open Company Limited
  45 .\" Portions Copyright (c) 1982-2007 AT&T Knowledge Ventures
  46 .\" Copyright (c) 2008, Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved
  47 .\"
  48 .TH WAIT 1 "May 17, 2020"
  49 .SH NAME
  50 wait \- await process completion
  51 .SH SYNOPSIS

  52 .nf
  53 
  54 .fi
  55 
  56 .SS "/bin/sh"

  57 .nf
  58 \fBwait\fR [\fIpid\fR]...
  59 .fi
  60 
  61 .SS "/bin/jsh /bin/ksh /usr/xpg4/bin/sh"

  62 .nf
  63 \fBwait\fR [\fIpid\fR]...
  64 .fi
  65 
  66 .LP
  67 .nf
  68 \fBwait\fR [% \fIjobid\fR...]
  69 .fi
  70 
  71 .SS "/bin/csh"

  72 .nf
  73 \fBwait\fR
  74 .fi
  75 
  76 .SS "ksh93"

  77 .nf
  78 \fBwait\fR [\fIjob...\fR]
  79 .fi
  80 
  81 .SH DESCRIPTION


  82 The shell itself executes \fBwait\fR, without creating a new process. If you
  83 get the error message \fBcannot fork,too many processes\fR, try using the
  84 \fBwait\fR command to clean up your background processes. If this doesn't help,
  85 the system process table is probably full or you have too many active
  86 foreground processes. There is a limit to the number of process \fBID\fRs
  87 associated with your login, and to the number the system can keep track of.
  88 .sp
  89 .LP
  90 Not all the processes of a pipeline with three or more stages are children of
  91 the shell, and thus cannot be waited for.
  92 .SS "/bin/sh, /bin/jsh"


  93 Wait for your background process whose process \fBID\fR is \fIpid\fR and report
  94 its termination status. If \fIpid\fR is omitted, all your shell's currently
  95 active background processes are waited for and the return code is \fB0\fR. The
  96 \fBwait\fR utility accepts a job identifier, when Job Control is enabled (jsh),
  97 and the argument, \fIjobid\fR, is preceded by a percent sign (\fB%\fR).
  98 .sp
  99 .LP
 100 If \fIpid\fR is not an active process \fBID,\fR the \fBwait\fR utility returns
 101 immediately and the return code is \fB0\fR.
 102 .SS "csh"


 103 Wait for your background processes.
 104 .SS "ksh"


 105 When an asynchronous list is started by the shell, the process \fBID\fR of the
 106 last command in each element of the asynchronous list becomes known in the
 107 current shell execution environment.
 108 .sp
 109 .LP
 110 If the \fBwait\fR utility is invoked with no operands, it waits until all
 111 process \fBIDs\fR known to the invoking shell have terminated and exit with an
 112 exit status of \fB0\fR.
 113 .sp
 114 .LP
 115 If one or more \fIpid\fR or \fIjobid\fR operands are specified that represent
 116 known process \fBID\fRs (or jobids), the \fBwait\fR utility waits until all of
 117 them have terminated. If one or more \fIpid\fR or \fIjobid\fR operands are
 118 specified that represent unknown process \fBID\fRs (or jobids), \fBwait\fR
 119 treats them as if they were known process \fBID\fRs (or jobids) that exited
 120 with exit status \fB127\fR. The exit status returned by the \fBwait\fR utility
 121 is the exit status of the process requested by the last \fIpid\fR or
 122 \fIjobid\fR operand.
 123 .sp
 124 .LP
 125 The known process \fBID\fRs are applicable only for invocations of \fBwait\fR
 126 in the current shell execution environment.
 127 .SS "ksh93"


 128 wait with no operands, waits until all jobs known to the invoking shell have
 129 terminated. If one or more job operands are specified, wait waits until all of
 130 them have completed. Each job can be specified as one of the following:
 131 .sp
 132 .ne 2
 133 .na
 134 \fB\fInumber\fR\fR
 135 .ad
 136 .RS 12n
 137 \fInumber\fR refers to a process ID.
 138 .RE
 139 
 140 .sp
 141 .ne 2
 142 .na
 143 \fB\fB-\fR\fInumber\fR\fR
 144 .ad
 145 .RS 12n
 146 \fInumber\fR refers to a process group ID.
 147 .RE


 180 .ad
 181 .br
 182 .na
 183 \fB\fB%%\fR\fR
 184 .ad
 185 .RS 12n
 186 Refers to the current job
 187 .RE
 188 
 189 .sp
 190 .ne 2
 191 .na
 192 \fB\fB%-\fR\fR
 193 .ad
 194 .RS 12n
 195 Refers to the previous job
 196 .RE
 197 
 198 .sp
 199 .LP
 200 If one or more job operands is a process id or process group id not known by
 201 the current shell environment, \fBwait\fR treats each of them as if it were a
 202 process that exited with status 127.
 203 .SH OPERANDS


 204 The following operands are supported:
 205 .sp
 206 .ne 2
 207 .na
 208 \fB\fIpid\fR\fR
 209 .ad
 210 .RS 9n
 211 The unsigned decimal integer process \fBID\fR of a command, for which the
 212 utility is to wait for the termination.
 213 .RE
 214 
 215 .sp
 216 .ne 2
 217 .na
 218 \fB\fIjobid\fR\fR
 219 .ad
 220 .RS 9n
 221 A job control job \fBID\fR that identifies a background process group to be
 222 waited for. The job control job \fBID\fR notation is applicable only for
 223 invocations of \fBwait\fR in the current shell execution environment, and only
 224 on systems supporting the job control option.
 225 .RE
 226 
 227 .SH USAGE


 228 On most implementations, \fBwait\fR is a shell built-in. If it is called in a
 229 subshell or separate utility execution environment, such as one of the
 230 following,
 231 .sp
 232 .in +2
 233 .nf
 234 (wait)
 235 nohup wait ...
 236 find . -exec wait ... \e;
 237 .fi
 238 .in -2
 239 .sp
 240 
 241 .sp
 242 .LP
 243 it returns immediately because there is no known process \fBID\fRs to wait for
 244 in those environments.
 245 .SH EXAMPLES

 246 \fBExample 1 \fRUsing A Script To Identify The Termination Signal
 247 .sp
 248 .LP
 249 Although the exact value used when a process is terminated by a signal is
 250 unspecified, if it is known that a signal terminated a process, a script can
 251 still reliably figure out which signal is using \fBkill\fR, as shown by the
 252 following (\fB/bin/ksh\fR and \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/sh\fR):
 253 
 254 .sp
 255 .in +2
 256 .nf
 257 sleep 1000&
 258 pid=$!
 259 kill -kill $pid
 260 wait $pid
 261 echo $pid was terminated by a SIG$(kill -l $(($?\(mi128))) signal.
 262 .fi
 263 .in -2
 264 .sp
 265 


 278 jobs -l %%
 279 .fi
 280 .in -2
 281 .sp
 282 
 283 .sp
 284 .LP
 285 then either of the following commands returns the exit status of the second
 286 \fBsleep\fR in the pipeline:
 287 
 288 .sp
 289 .in +2
 290 .nf
 291 wait <\fIpid of sleep 31\fR>
 292 wait %%
 293 .fi
 294 .in -2
 295 .sp
 296 
 297 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES


 298 See \fBenviron\fR(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables
 299 that affect the execution of \fBwait\fR: \fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR,
 300 \fBLC_CTYPE\fR, \fBLC_MESSAGES\fR, and \fBNLSPATH\fR.
 301 .SH EXIT STATUS
 302 .SS "ksh93"


 303 The following exit values are returned by the \fBwait\fR built-in in
 304 \fBksh93\fR:
 305 .sp
 306 .ne 2
 307 .na
 308 \fB\fB0\fR\fR
 309 .ad
 310 .RS 7n
 311 \fBwait\fR was invoked with no operands. All processes known by the invoking
 312 process have terminated.
 313 .RE
 314 
 315 .sp
 316 .ne 2
 317 .na
 318 \fB\fB127\fR\fR
 319 .ad
 320 .RS 7n
 321 \fIjob\fR is a process id or process group id that is unknown to the current
 322 shell environment.
 323 .RE
 324 
 325 .SH ATTRIBUTES


 326 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 327 .sp
 328 
 329 .sp
 330 .TS
 331 box;
 332 c | c
 333 l | l .
 334 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 335 _
 336 Interface Stability     Committed
 337 _
 338 Standard        See \fBstandards\fR(5).
 339 .TE
 340 
 341 .SH SEE ALSO


 342 \fBcsh\fR(1), \fBjobs\fR(1), \fBksh\fR(1), \fBksh93\fR(1), \fBsh\fR(1),
 343 \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBenviron\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)