NAME
wait - await completion of process
SYNOPSIS
wait
DESCRIPTION
Wait until all processes started with & have completed,
and report
on abnormal terminations.
Because the wait(2) system call
must be executed in the parent
process, the Shell itself executes wait, without creating a
new
process.
SEE ALSO
sh(1)
BUGS
Not all the processes of a 3- or more-stage pipeline are
children
of the Shell, and thus can’t be waited for. (This bug
does not
apply to csh(1).)