waitpid(1) — Linux manual page

WAITPID(1)                    User Commands                   WAITPID(1)

NAME         top

       waitpid - utility to wait for arbitrary processes

SYNOPSIS         top

       waitpid [-v] [--timeout|-t seconds] pid...

DESCRIPTION         top

       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         top

       -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         top

       waitpid has the following exit status values:

       0
           success

       1
           unspecified failure

       2
           system does not provide necessary functionality

       3
           timeout expired

AUTHORS         top

       Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO         top

       waitpid(2) wait(1P)

REPORTING BUGS         top

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
       https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY         top

       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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util-linux 2.39.594-1e0ad      2023-07-19                     WAITPID(1)

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