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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2014-09-18 20:03:23 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/wait.html b/doc/wait.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..680cd78 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wait.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<html> + <head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en" /> + <title>execline: the wait command</title> + <meta name="Description" content="execline: the wait command" /> + <meta name="Keywords" content="execline command wait" /> + <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://skarnet.org/default.css" /> --> + </head> +<body> + +<p> +<a href="index.html">execline</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br /> +<a href="http://skarnet.org/">skarnet.org</a> +</p> + +<h1> The <tt>wait</tt> program </h1> + +<p> +<tt>wait</tt> waits for a set of children, then executes a program. +</p> + +<h2> Interface </h2> + +<p> + In an <a href="execlineb.html">execlineb</a> script: +</p> + +<pre> + wait [ -r ] { [ <em>pids...</em> ] } <em>prog...</em> +</pre> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>wait</tt> reads a list of <em>pids</em> in a +(possibly empty) <a href="el_semicolon.html">block</a>, +and unquotes it. </li> + <li> <tt>wait</tt> waits for every child whose pid is +listed in <em>pids...</em>. If <em>pids...</em> is an +empty list, it waits for every child process it has. </li> + <li><tt>wait</tt> then execs into <em>prog...</em>. </li> +</ul> + +<h2> Options </h2> + +<ul> + <li> <tt>-r</tt> : reap mode. Do not pause until a child has +exited; only reap all pending zombies. The read block must be empty +for that option to be effective. </li> +</ul> + +</body> +</html> |