tv42 / wait-for-pid

Wait for processes to exit

wait-for-pid -- Wait for processes to exit

wait-for-pid PID is similar to the bash built-in command wait, except it works even when the processes started from elsewhere.

For example, the following will prevent the machine from suspending while the given processes are still running:

$ systemd-inhibit --what=sleep wait-for-pid 1234 56789

Note that since wait-for-pid is not the parent (or subreaper) of the processes it waits for, it cannot know their exit status. wait-for-pid exits with success once there are no more processes left to wait for.

License

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• Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

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