NAME
pwait – wait for processes to terminate
SYNOPSIS
pwait [-v] [-c] pid ...
DESCRIPTION
pwait waits until each of the given processes has terminated.
The options are as follows:
- -v
-
Print the exit status when each process terminates.
- -c
-
Return 111 if any process exited non-successfully.
EXIT STATUS
The pwait utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
Invalid pids elicit a warning message but are otherwise ignored.
ERRORS
Check these prerequisites if you see this error:
binding sk_nl error: Operation not permitted
pwait requires special permissions to run, either root or the Linux CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
pwait only works on Linux kernels with the kernel options
CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=y
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Leah Neukirchen ⟨[email protected]⟩
Built upon code from FreeBSD pwait written by Jilles Tjoelker.
LICENSE
pwait is licensed under the terms of the GPLv2.