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## waitForChild() function
> Warning: This API is now obsolete.
>
> there are better libraries for this, like zx
>
Signature:
```typescript
export declare function waitForChild(child: ChildStreams): Promise;
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| child | ChildStreams | |
Returns:
Promise<[ChildResult](./js-utils.childresult.md)>