minix man page for pause

Query: pause

OS: minix

Section: 2

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PAUSE(2)							System Calls Manual							  PAUSE(2)

NAME
pause - stop until signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int pause(void)
DESCRIPTION
Pause never returns normally. It is used to give up control while waiting for a signal from kill(2) or the alarm timer, see alarm(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
alarm(2), kill(2), sigsuspend(2). 4th Berkeley Distribution May 9, 1985 PAUSE(2)
Related Man Pages
alarm(2) - redhat
pause(3p) - centos
pause(3p) - suse
pause(3) - osf1
pause(3p) - xfree86
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