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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)wait.3f     6.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH WAIT 3F "May 15, 1985"
        !             8: .UC 5
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: wait \- wait for a process to terminate
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B integer function wait (status)
        !            13: .br
        !            14: .B integer status
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: .I Wait
        !            17: causes its caller to be suspended until a signal is received or one of
        !            18: its child processes terminates.
        !            19: If any child has terminated since the last
        !            20: .I wait,
        !            21: return is immediate; if there are no children, return is immediate
        !            22: with an error code.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: If the returned value is positive, it is the process ID of the child and
        !            25: .I status
        !            26: is its termination status (see
        !            27: .IR wait (2)).
        !            28: If the returned value is negative, it is the negation of a system error code.
        !            29: .SH FILES
        !            30: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            31: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            32: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            33: wait(2), signal(3F), kill(3F), perror(3F)

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