%WAIT

Syntax	variable = %WAIT( &status )
Category	BASIC
Type	C Function
Description	returns the exit code of the child process(es) created by the current process. The "status" is returned in the integer "status", passed by its address. Note that even though "status" is an integer, only the lower 16 bits are updated by the system call. See the Unix Programmer's Reference Manual for more details on the format of the returned status.
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See Also	c function CFUNCTION
Example	status=0 (void)%wait( &status ) high$status=int(status/256) low$status=mod(status,256) begin case case low$status=255 * Child stopped due to a signal case low$status=0 * Child stopped by calling exit() case high$status=0 * Child was terminated due to a signal end case
Warnings	Before passing the address of 'status', the variable must have been initialized to an integer value.
Compatibility	D3/Unix