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1.1     ! root        1: .TH WAIT 3F "13 June 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: wait \- wait for a process to terminate
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B integer function wait (status)
        !             7: .br
        !             8: .B integer status
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Wait
        !            11: causes its caller to be suspended until a signal is received or one of
        !            12: its child processes terminates.
        !            13: If any child has terminated since the last
        !            14: .I wait,
        !            15: return is immediate; if there are no children, return is immediate
        !            16: with an error code.
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: If the returned value is positive, it is the process ID of the child and
        !            19: .I status
        !            20: is its termination status (see
        !            21: .IR wait (2)).
        !            22: If the returned value is negative, it is the negation of a system error code.
        !            23: .SH FILES
        !            24: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            25: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            26: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            27: wait(2), signal(3F), kill(3F), perror(3F)

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