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Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:28:32 +0100
From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: [patch] add pwait utility
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On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:24:46 +0100
Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> wrote:

> I propose adding a small new utility to /usr/bin: pwait. Similar to the
> Solaris utility of the same name, it waits for any process to terminate.
> 

Why not /bin so it can be used before /usr is mounted?

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Gary Jennejohn