NAME                                                      WAIT(I)
     wait - await completion of	process

SYNOPSIS
     wait

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

     Because the wait(II) system call 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 (see kill (I)) from another termi-
     nal or to hang up.