From fa080de7afc95aa1c19a6e6fc0e0708ced2eadc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 20:46:52 -0400
Subject: Initial commit

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+.help wait Feb86 language
+.ih
+NAME
+wait -- wait for a background job to terminate
+.ih
+USAGE
+wait [job job ...]
+.ih
+PARAMETERS
+.ls job
+A background job number, as printed when the job is submitted,
+or as given by the \fIjobs\fR command.
+.le
+.ih
+DESCRIPTION
+The \fIwait\fR task causes the CL to hibernate until a background job or
+jobs terminates.  No arguments, or a job number of 0 means to wait
+until all background jobs finish, while other arguments can be
+specified to wait for a particular job.  If a background job is
+not running the wait returns immediately.
+.ih
+EXAMPLES
+1. Wait for any background jobs to finish, beeping the terminal when done.
+
+	cl> wait;beep
+
+2. Wait for job 3 to terminate.
+
+	cl> wait 3
+.ih
+BUGS
+Deadlock is possible.
+.ih
+SEE ALSO
+jobs, kill, service
+.endhelp
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