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+#ifndef _SYS_WAIT_H
+#define _SYS_WAIT_H
+/* 
+** Distributed under the terms of the OpenBeOS License.
+*/
+
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+
+/* waitpid()/waitid() options */
+#define WNOHANG		0x01
+#define WUNTRACED	0x02
+#define WCONTINUED	0x04
+#define WEXITED		0x08
+#define WSTOPPED	0x10
+#define WNOWAIT		0x20
+
+/* macros to interprete wait()/waitpid() status */
+#define WIFEXITED(value)	(((value) & ~0xff) == 0)
+#define WEXITSTATUS(value)	((value) & 0xff)
+#define WIFSIGNALED(value)	((((value) >> 8) & 0xff) != 0)
+#define WTERMSIG(value)		(((value) >> 8) & 0xff)
+#define WIFSTOPPED(value)	((((value) >> 16) & 0xff) != 0)
+#define WSTOPSIG(value)		(((value) >> 16) & 0xff)
+#define WIFCORED(value)		((value) & 0x10000)
+#define WIFCONTINUED(value)	((value) & 0x20000)
+
+/* ID types for waitid() */
+typedef enum {
+	P_ALL,		/* wait for any children, ignore ID */
+	P_PID,		/* wait for the child whose process ID matches */
+	P_PGID		/* wait for any child whose process group ID matches */
+} idtype_t;
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern pid_t wait(int *_status);
+extern pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *_status, int options);
+extern int waitid(idtype_t idType, id_t id, siginfo_t *info, int options);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* _SYS_WAIT_H */