WAIT(3F)                                                              WAIT(3F)



NAME
       wait - wait for a process to terminate

SYNOPSIS
       integer function wait (status)
       integer status

DESCRIPTION
       _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 immediate; 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.

FILES
       /usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO
       wait(2), signal(3F), kill(3F), perror(3F)



4.2 Berkeley Distribution        May 15, 1985                         WAIT(3F)