await - wait at most some seconds for a command to complete await max-secs cmd ... Run cmd with any following arguments, with standard input from /dev/null . Wait at most max-secs ; if cmd is then still running, exit but leave it running.

Useful in start-up scripts that must not get stuck.

await 5 auth/secstore -s p9auth -n -G factotum >/mnt/factotum/ctl /rc/bin/await wait (2)