Initial revision
diff --git a/src/lib9/wait.c b/src/lib9/wait.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14af715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib9/wait.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <lib9.h>
+
+Waitmsg*
+wait(void)
+{
+ int n, l;
+ char buf[512], *fld[5];
+ Waitmsg *w;
+
+ n = await(buf, sizeof buf-1);
+ if(n < 0)
+ return nil;
+ buf[n] = '\0';
+ if(tokenize(buf, fld, nelem(fld)) != nelem(fld)){
+ werrstr("couldn't parse wait message");
+ return nil;
+ }
+ l = strlen(fld[4])+1;
+ w = malloc(sizeof(Waitmsg)+l);
+ if(w == nil)
+ return nil;
+ w->pid = atoi(fld[0]);
+ w->time[0] = atoi(fld[1]);
+ w->time[1] = atoi(fld[2]);
+ w->time[2] = atoi(fld[3]);
+ w->msg = (char*)&w[1];
+ memmove(w->msg, fld[4], l);
+ return w;
+}
+
