# wait_pid

**Repository Path**: mirrors_rdp/wait_pid

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: wait_pid
- **Description**: the wait_pid command -- (ruby gem/binary for waiting on any arbitrary external pid, works on doze/linux)
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-09-25
- **Last Updated**: 2026-01-18

## Categories & Tags

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## README

= wait_pid

This provides a ruby library and also command line executable

WaitPid.wait_pid pid_number # waits until that process exits

command line:

$ wait_pid pid_number # waits until that process exits

Currently it just polls 100 times/s to see if the process is still around.  
Apparently in Linux there is no default way to wait for a pid to terminate that is *not* your child PID.
This library works in windows or linux (since it just polls till they die).
If more granularity is needed let me know [it is possible, at least in windows, or a higher polling 
capability could be made optional in linux].

Feedback welcome.

http://github.com/rdp/wait_pid