Command: wait

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Name:
 wait - Wait for any child process to terminate

Synopsis:
 NoHangFlag wait -> Status NormalExitFlag PIDout
                          -> 0   

Description:
 Wait is the same as "waitPID", but it waits for any
             child process.

	     Alternatives: Function wait_b (undocumented) -> behaviour and
	     synopsis are the same, except that no warnings or error
	     messages are thrown.

Parameters:
 In : NoHangFlag(boolean): -see waitPID-
            Out: Status(integer)
                 NormalExitFlag(boolean)
                 PIDout(integer): -see waitPID-

Examples:
 false wait %wait for the next child to terminate

Bugs:
 

Author:
 R Kupper

FirstVersion:
 Apr 23 1999

Remarks:
 This is not a SLI-interface to the system's "wait()"-function,
          but a thin wrapper to waitPID. The behaviour is exactly the
          same, however.

SeeAlso:waitPID spawn system spoon fork
Source:
 /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/nest-2.4.1/lib/sli/processes.sli

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