wait

Introduction

wait is a program which waits for either a thing to exist, or for a specified amount of time (whichever occurs first).

Usage

wait [thingname] [-wait period]
thingname
The name of the thing which should exist.
period
Specify the maximum waiting period. The unit is approximately 1/50 of a second. If no maximum waiting period is given, the program will wait forever, until the given thing exists.

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last edited January 30, 1996