.Dd September 17, 2018
.Dt PWAIT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pwait
.Nd wait for processes to terminate
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl c
.Ar pid\ ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm pwait
waits until each of the given processes has terminated.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl v
Print the exit status when each process terminates.
.It Fl c
Return 111 if any process exited non-successfully.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std
.Pp
Invalid pids elicit a warning message but are otherwise ignored.
.Sh ERRORS
Check these prerequisites if you see this error:
.Bd -literal -offset Ds
binding sk_nl error: Operation not permitted
.Ed
.Pp
.Nm
requires special permissions to run, either root or the Linux
.Li "CAP_NET_ADMIN"
capability.
.Pp
.Nm
only works on Linux kernels with the kernel options
.Bd -literal -offset Ds
CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y
CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=y
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr extrace 1 ,
.Xr kill 1 ,
.Xr pkill 1 ,
.Xr ps 1 ,
.Xr wait 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Leah Neukirchen Aq Mt leah@vuxu.org
.Pp
Built upon code from
.Fx
.Nm
written by Jilles Tjoelker.
.Sh LICENSE
.Nm
is licensed under the terms of the GPLv2.