PAUSE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual PAUSE(2)
NAME
pause - wait for signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
DESCRIPTION
The pause library function causes the invoking process (or thread) to sleep until a signal is received that either terminates it or causes
it to call a signal-catching function.
RETURN VALUE
The pause function 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, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), signal(2)
Linux 1995-08-31 PAUSE(2)
