v7 man page for pause

Query: pause

OS: v7

Section: 2

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PAUSE(2)							System Calls Manual							  PAUSE(2)

NAME
pause - stop until signal
SYNOPSIS
pause( )
DESCRIPTION
Pause never returns normally. It is used to give up control while waiting for a signal from kill(2) or alarm(2).
SEE ALSO
kill(1), kill(2), alarm(2), signal(2), setjmp(3)
ASSEMBLER
(pause = 29.) sys pause PAUSE(2)
Related Man Pages
pause(3) - linux
pause(3p) - suse
pause(2) - sunos
pause(3p) - x11r4
pause(3p) - opendarwin
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