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NAME
     wait - await completion of process

SYNOPSIS
     wait

DESCRIPTION
     Wait until all processes started with & have completed, and
     report on abnormal terminations.

     Because sys wait must be executed in the parent process, the
     Shell itself executes wait, without creating a new process.

SEE ALSO
     sh (I)

BUGS
     After executing wait you are committed to waiting until ter-
     mination, because interrupts and quits are ignored by all
     processes concerned.  The only out, if the process does not
     terminate, is to kill it from another terminal or to hang
     up.

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