pwait(1) [freebsd man page]

PWAIT(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						  PWAIT(1)

NAME

     pwait -- wait for processes to terminate

SYNOPSIS

     pwait [-v] pid ...

DESCRIPTION

     The pwait utility will wait until each of the given processes has terminated.

     The following option is available:

     -v      Print the exit status when each process terminates.

DIAGNOSTICS

     The pwait utility returns 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

     Invalid pids elicit a warning message but are otherwise ignored.

SEE ALSO

     kill(1), pkill(1), ps(1), wait(1), kqueue(2)

NOTES

     pwait is not a substitute for the wait(1) builtin as it will not clean up any zombies or state in the parent process.

HISTORY

     A pwait command first appeared in SunOS 5.8.

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PSLIST(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 PSLIST(1)

NAME

     pslist -- control processes and their descendants

SYNOPSIS

     pslist [pid/name...]
     pslist -h | --help
     pslist -v | --version

     rkill [-SIG] pid/name...

     rrenice [+/-]pri pid/name...

DESCRIPTION

     The pslist utility examines the list of current processes to find a specified process and all its descendants.  A process may be specified
     either by name or by process ID.  If no arguments are given, pslist displays a list of the whole process tree.  For each process specified on
     the command line, pslist outputs a line containing the process ID, the command name, and the PIDs of all the descendants (and their descen-
     dants, etc.).

     When invoked as rkill, this utility does not display information about the processes, but sends them all a signal instead.  If not specified
     on the command line, a terminate (SIGTERM) signal is sent.

     When invoked as rrenice, this utility does not display information about the processes, but attempts to set their nice value instead.

RETURN VALUES

     The pslist utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

     pgrep(1), pkill(1)

HISTORY

     The pslist utility was written by Peter Pentchev in 2000.

AUTHORS

     Peter Penchev <roam@ringlet.net>

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