5 files changed, 53 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/debian/olamic.install b/debian/olamic.install
index 6becfd7..d78041c 100644
--- a/debian/olamic.install
+++ b/debian/olamic.install
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 examples /usr/share/doc/olamic
 olamic-enqueue /usr/bin
+olamic-wait /usr/bin
 olamic-worker /usr/bin
 pick-task /usr/share/olamic
diff --git a/man/olamic-enqueue.1.md b/man/olamic-enqueue.1.md
index 15434cc..b52c6ed 100644
--- a/man/olamic-enqueue.1.md
+++ b/man/olamic-enqueue.1.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 % OLAMIC-ENQUEUE(1)
 % Julian B Kongslie
-% October 2020
+% November 2020
 
 # NAME
 
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ When **olamic-enqueue** completes, it prints the UUID of the created task.
 
 # SEE ALSO
 
-olamic-worker(1)
+olamic-wait(1), olamic-worker(1)
diff --git a/man/olamic-wait.1.md b/man/olamic-wait.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9e769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/olamic-wait.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+% OLAMIC-WAIT(1)
+% Julian B Kongslie
+% November 2020
+
+# NAME
+
+olamic-wait - await completion of olamic task(s)
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+**olamic-wait** **/path/to/queue** **UUID** [**UUID** ...]
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+**olamic-wait** waits for the completion of the specified olamic tasks. You may
+pass any number of UUIDs to it, and it will block until all those tasks have
+been removed from the queue.
+
+While it is running, various status messages are written to stdout.
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+olamic-enqueue(1)
diff --git a/man/olamic-worker.1.md b/man/olamic-worker.8.md
index d558f47..d558f47 100644
--- a/man/olamic-worker.1.md
+++ b/man/olamic-worker.8.md
diff --git a/olamic-wait b/olamic-wait
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..557c80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/olamic-wait
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu
+
+QUEUE_DIR="$1"; shift
+
+WAIT_UUID=""
+while true; do
+    WAITING=false
+    for UUID in "$@"; do
+        if [[ -e "$QUEUE_DIR"/candidates/"$UUID" || -e "$QUEUE_DIR"/in-progress/"$UUID" ]]; then
+            WAITING=true
+            if [[ "$WAIT_UUID" != "$UUID" ]]; then
+                WAIT_UUID="$UUID"
+                echo "$(date -Iseconds) Waiting for: $UUID"
+            fi
+            break
+        else
+            echo "$(date -Iseconds) Complete: $UUID"
+            shift
+        fi
+    done
+    if ! $WAITING; then
+        break
+    fi
+    sleep 1
+done