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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
19 #include <ansidecl.h>
20 #include <sys/wait.h>
23 /* Wait for a child to die. When one does, put its status in *STAT_LOC
24 and return its process ID. For errors, return (pid_t) -1. */
25 __pid_t
26 DEFUN(__wait, (stat_loc), __WAIT_STATUS_DEFN stat_loc)
28 return __waitpid(WAIT_ANY, (int *) stat_loc, 0);
31 weak_alias (__wait, wait)