Not exactly. If I run the bash script (from a file named nonzero):
#!/bin/bash
(sleep 5;exit 2)&
pid=$!
(sleep 10;exit 1)
echo "return code from synchronous child $?"
wait $pid
echo "return...
No. The exit status of wait (when given one or more pid operands) will be the exit status of the process with the PID matching the last operand given to wait. However, if you invoke wait with no...