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Date:      Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:14:24 -0500
From:      Christopher Michaels - SSG <ChrisMic@sbservices.com>
To:        "'Greg Black'" <gjb@acm.org>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: wait(1) utility -- where is it? 
Message-ID:  <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5DE0@site2s1>

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I am WELL aware of what the wait utility does.  You did not specify exactly
what you needed the utility to do and it is an understandable mistake to
confuse wait with sleep.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Greg Black [SMTP:gjb@acm.org]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 21, 1999 6:17 AM
> To:	Christopher Michaels - SSG
> Subject:	Re: wait(1) utility -- where is it? 
> 
> > I know this doesn't answer the original question, but have you looked
> into
> > the sleep (1) utility?
> 
> It doesn't have anything remotely to do with the original
> question -- you should have read the wait(1) man page to see
> what it did before offering this answer.

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