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.\"     Title: waitpid
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.23
.\"      Date: 2024-07-04
.\"    Manual: User Commands
.\"    Source: util-linux 2.40.2
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "WAITPID" "1" "2024-07-04" "util\-linux 2.40.2" "User Commands"
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.SH "NAME"
waitpid \- utility to wait for arbitrary processes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBwaitpid\fP [\-v] [\fB\-\-timeout\fP|\fB\-t\fP \fIseconds\fP] pid...
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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\fBwaitpid\fP is a simple command to wait for arbitrary non\-child processes.
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It exits after all processes whose PIDs have been passed as arguments have
exited.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
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Be more verbose.
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\fB\-t\fP, \fB\-\-timeout\fP \fIseconds\fP
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Maximum wait time.
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\fB\-e\fP, \fB\-\-exited\fP
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Don\(cqt error on already exited PIDs.
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\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-count\fP \fIcount\fP
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Number of process exits to wait for.
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
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Display help text and exit.
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
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Print version and exit.
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.SH "EXIT STATUS"
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\fBwaitpid\fP has the following exit status values:
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\fB0\fP
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success
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\fB1\fP
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unspecified failure
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\fB2\fP
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system does not provide necessary functionality
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\fB3\fP
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timeout expired
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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.MTO "thomas\(att\-8ch.de" "Thomas Weißschuh" ""
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBwaitpid\fP(2) \fBwait\fP(1P)
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c
.URL "https://github.com/util\-linux/util\-linux/issues" "" "."
.SH "AVAILABILITY"
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The \fBwaitpid\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c
.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."