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pwait is a small utility to wait for a process to exit.

Requirements

pwait requires libcap, which is part of the Linux kernel project. The source code can be obtained through kernel.org git, or by using the appropriate distribution-specific installation procedure as listed below.

Installing on Debian

apt-get install libcap-dev

Installing on Fedora

yum install libcap-devel

Installing on Gentoo

emerge sys-libs/libcap

Installing on Ubuntu

aptitude install libcap-dev