.TH AWAIT 1
.SH NAME
await - wait at most some seconds for a command to complete
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B await
.I max-secs
.I cmd
\&...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Run
.I cmd
with any following arguments,
with standard input from
.BR /dev/null .
Wait at most
.IR max-secs ;
if
.I cmd
is then still running,
exit but leave it running.
.PP
Useful in start-up scripts that must not get stuck.
.SH EXAMPLES
.B
await 5 auth/secstore -s p9auth -n -G factotum >/mnt/factotum/ctl
.SH SOURCE
.B /rc/bin/await
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR wait (2)