pause(3) [netbsd man page]

PAUSE(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 						  PAUSE(3)

NAME

     pause -- stop until signal

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     int
     pause(void);

DESCRIPTION

     Pause is made obsolete by sigsuspend(2).

     The pause() function forces a process to pause until a signal is received from either the kill(2) function or an interval timer.  (See
     setitimer(2).)  Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause(), the pause() call will return.

RETURN VALUES

     Always returns -1.

ERRORS

     The pause() function always returns:

     [EINTR]		The call was interrupted.

SEE ALSO

     kill(2), poll(2), select(2), setitimer(2), sigsuspend(2)

STANDARDS

     The pause() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').

HISTORY

     A pause() syscall appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.

BSD
								   June 4, 1993 							       BSD

pause(2)							   System Calls 							  pause(2)

NAME

       pause - suspend process until signal

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  pause()  function  suspends  the  calling  process	until it receives a signal. The signal must be one that is not currently set to be
       ignored by the calling process.

       If the signal causes termination of the calling process, pause() does not return.

       If the signal is caught by the calling process and control is returned from the signal-catching	function  (see	signal(3C)),  the  calling
       process resumes execution from the point of suspension.

RETURN VALUES

       Since  pause()  suspends thread	execution indefinitely unless interrupted by a signal, there is no successful completion return value.	If
       interrupted, it returns -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The pause() function will fail if:

       EINTR	A signal is caught by the calling process and control is returned from the signal-catching function.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Async-Signal-Safe 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       alarm(2), kill(2), signal(3C), wait(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    28 Dec 1996 							  pause(2)