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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)