PAUSE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual PAUSE(2)
NAME
pause - wait for signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
DESCRIPTION
pause() causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes the invo-
cation of a signal-catching function.
RETURN VALUE
pause() only returns when a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned. In this case pause() returns -1, and errno is set
to EINTR.
ERRORS
EINTR a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)
COLOPHON
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Linux 2008-10-06 PAUSE(2)
