waitpid(1) — Linux manual page
WAITPID(1) User Commands WAITPID(1)
NAME
waitpid - utility to wait for arbitrary processes
SYNOPSIS
waitpid [-v] [--timeout|-t seconds] pid...
DESCRIPTION
waitpid is a simple command to wait for arbitrary non-child
processes.
It exits after all processes whose PIDs have been passed as
arguments have exited.
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Be more verbose.
-t, --timeout seconds
Maximum wait time.
-e, --exited
Don’t error on already exited PIDs.
-c, --count count
Number of process exits to wait for.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
Print version and exit.
EXIT STATUS
waitpid has the following exit status values:
0
success
1
unspecified failure
2
system does not provide necessary functionality
3
timeout expired
AUTHORS
Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@t-8ch.de>
SEE ALSO
waitpid(2) wait(1P)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.
AVAILABILITY
The waitpid command is part of the util-linux package which can
be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
<https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page
is part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux
utilities) project. Information about the project can be found at
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