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PWAIT(1)		FreeBSD	General	Commands Manual		      PWAIT(1)

NAME
     pwait -- wait for processes to terminate

SYNOPSIS
     pwait [-t duration] [-v] pid ...

DESCRIPTION
     The pwait utility will wait until each of the given processes has termi-
     nated.

     The following option is available:

     -t	duration
	     If	any process is still running after duration, pwait will	exit.
	     The duration value	can be integer or decimal numbers.  Values
	     without unit symbols are interpreted as seconds.

	     Supported unit symbols are:
	     s	     seconds
	     m	     minutes
	     h	     hours

     -v	     Print the exit status when	each process terminates.

EXIT STATUS
     The pwait utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an	error occurs.

     If	the -t flag is specified and a timeout occurs, the exit	status will be
     124.

     Invalid pids elicit a warning message but are otherwise ignored.

SEE ALSO
     kill(1), pkill(1),	ps(1), wait(1),	kqueue(2)

NOTES
     pwait is not a substitute for the wait(1) builtin as it will not clean up
     any zombies or state in the parent	process.

HISTORY
     A pwait command first appeared in SunOS 5.8.

FreeBSD	11.1			 March 7, 2017			  FreeBSD 11.1

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