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pause(3)						     Library Functions Manual							  pause(3)

NAME
pause - Suspends a process until it receives a signal LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a) SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int pause( void ); STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows: pause(): POSIX.1, XPG4, XPG4-UNIX Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags. DESCRIPTION
The pause() function suspends the calling process until it receives a signal whose action is either to execute a signal-catching function or terminate the process. The signal must be one that is acknowledged by the calling process. The pause() function does not affect the action taken when a signal is received. The pause() function suspends the calling process by suspending the calling thread. Other threads in the process, if any, are not sus- pended. RETURN VALUES
When the received signal causes the calling process to terminate, the pause() function does not return. When the signal is caught by the calling process and control is returned from the signal-catching function, the calling thread resumes exe- cution from the point of suspension. At that point, the pause() function returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate the error. ERRORS
The pause() function sets errno to the specified values for the following conditions: The signal has been caught by the calling process and control has been returned from the signal-catching function. RELATED INFORMATION
Functions: kill(2), sigaction(2), sigvec(2), wait(2) Routines: alarm(3) Standards: standards(5) delim off pause(3)

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PAUSE(3P)						     POSIX Programmer's Manual							 PAUSE(3P)

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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond- ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. NAME
pause - suspend the thread until a signal is received SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int pause(void); DESCRIPTION
The pause() function shall suspend the calling thread until delivery of a signal whose action is either to execute a signal-catching func- tion or to terminate the process. If the action is to terminate the process, pause() shall not return. If the action is to execute a signal-catching function, pause() shall return after the signal-catching function returns. RETURN VALUE
Since pause() suspends thread execution indefinitely unless interrupted by a signal, there is no successful completion return value. A value of -1 shall be returned and errno set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The pause() function shall fail if: EINTR A signal is caught by the calling process and control is returned from the signal-catching function. The following sections are informative. EXAMPLES
None. APPLICATION USAGE
Many common uses of pause() have timing windows. The scenario involves checking a condition related to a signal and, if the signal has not occurred, calling pause(). When the signal occurs between the check and the call to pause(), the process often blocks indefinitely. The sigprocmask() and sigsuspend() functions can be used to avoid this type of problem. RATIONALE
None. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None. SEE ALSO
sigsuspend(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <unistd.h> COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . IEEE
/The Open Group 2003 PAUSE(3P)
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