bsd man page for pause

Query: pause

OS: bsd

Section: 3c

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PAUSE(3C)																 PAUSE(3C)

NAME
pause - stop until signal
SYNOPSIS
pause()
DESCRIPTION
Pause never returns normally. It is used to give up control while waiting for a signal from kill(2) or an interval timer, see setitimer(2). Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause, the pause call will return.
RETURN VALUE
Always returns -1.
ERRORS
Pause always returns: [EINTR] The call was interrupted.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), sigpause(2) 4th Berkeley Distribution May 9, 1985 PAUSE(3C)
Related Man Pages
pause(2) - opensolaris
pause(3p) - centos
pause(3) - linux
pause(2) - hpux
pause(3p) - opendarwin
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