# LibTmux::Server.wait-for

- **Module:** LibTmux
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** Raku
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-raku/blob/e76160bcce6e03976d49424da15b7c31afb2c68e/lib/LibTmux/Server.rakumod#L524
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/raku/latest/reference/libtmux-server-wait-for/

```
method wait-for(Mu $channel, *%options --> Result:D)
```

Wait, signal, lock or unlock a named channel; timeout cannot undo server-side effects.

Wait, signal, lock or unlock a named channel; timeout cannot undo server-side effects.

## Parameters

- `$channel` (`Mu`)
- `%options`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `wait-for`.

- [`wait-for`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/wait-for/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_wait_for_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_wait_for_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_wait_for_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-wait-for-c-cmd_wait_for_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Wait for, signal or lock a channel

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.wait_for`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-wait_for/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Server#wait_for`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-wait_for/) (method) |
| Erlang | [`tmux_command:wait_for/2`](/en/erlang/latest/reference/tmux_command-wait_for-2/) (function). Builds a command value; construction performs no I/O. |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | no equivalent on `Server` |
| Rust | [`server.Server.wait_for_channel`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-wait_for_channel/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.WaitFor`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-waitfor/) (method) |
| Java | no equivalent on `Server` |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Server.WaitForAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-server-waitforasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Server::wait_for`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-wait_for/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.wait(for:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-wait(for-)/) (method) |
| OCaml | [`Libtmux_unix.Client.wait_for`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux_unix-client-wait_for/) (function) |
| Perl | No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands. |

No equivalent is recorded in Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.