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Catch exit code of specific background process

Hi all, i hava a specific backgroud process. I have de PID of this process. At some time, the process finish his job, is there any way to catch the exit code? I use "echo $?" normally for commands.

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Have a look at wait


Code:
mute@clt:~$ { sleep 30; exit 123; } &
[1] 24619
mute@clt:~$ wait 24619
[1]+  Exit 123                { sleep 30; exit 123; }
mute@clt:~$ echo $?
123

of course, wait blocks...
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Use wait

Code:
wait <PID>
status=$?

EDIT: too late...
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