---
name: "mariadb-waitpid"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mariadb"
version: "13.0.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mariadb-waitpid"
---

# mariadb-waitpid(1)

kill process and wait for its termination (mariadb-waitpid is now a symlink to mariadb-waitpid)

## NAME

mariadb-waitpid - kill process and wait for its termination (mariadb-waitpid is now a symlink to mariadb-waitpid)

## SYNOPSIS

**mariadb-waitpid \[***options***\]** *pid* *wait\_time*

## DESCRIPTION

**mariadb-waitpid** signals a process to terminate and waits for the process to exit. It uses the kill() system call and Unix signals, so it runs on Unix and Unix-like systems.

Invoke **mariadb-waitpid** like this:

```
shell> mariadb-waitpid [options] pid wait_time
```

**mariadb-waitpid** sends signal 0 to the process identified by *pid* and waits up to *wait\_time* seconds for the process to terminate. *pid* and *wait\_time* must be positive integers.

If process termination occurs within the wait time or the process does not exist, **mariadb-waitpid** returns 0. Otherwise, it returns 1.

If the kill() system call cannot handle signal 0, **mariadb-waitpid()** uses signal 1 instead.

**mariadb-waitpid** supports the following options:

• **--help**, **-?**, **-I**

Display a help message and exit.

• **--verbose**, **-v**

Verbose mode. Display a warning if signal 0 could not be used and signal 1 is used instead.

• **--version**, **-V**

Display version information and exit.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007-2008 MySQL AB, 2008-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 2010-2025 MariaDB Foundation

This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.

This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

## SEE ALSO

For more information, please refer to the MariaDB Documentation, available online at https://mariadb.com/docs/

## AUTHOR

MariaDB Foundation (http://www.mariadb.org/).