.\" @(#)wait.1 6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
.TH WAIT 1 "April 29, 1985"
wait \- await completion of process
Wait until all processes started with
and report on abnormal terminations.
system call must be executed in the parent process,
the Shell itself executes
without creating a new process.
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