Query: pause
OS: netbsd
Section: 3
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PAUSE(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PAUSE(3)NAMEpause -- stop until signalLIBRARYStandard C Library (libc, -lc)SYNOPSIS#include <unistd.h> int pause(void);DESCRIPTIONPause is made obsolete by sigsuspend(2). The pause() function forces a process to pause until a signal is received from either the kill(2) function or an interval timer. (See setitimer(2).) Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause(), the pause() call will return.RETURN VALUESAlways returns -1.ERRORSThe pause() function always returns: [EINTR] The call was interrupted.SEE ALSOkill(2), poll(2), select(2), setitimer(2), sigsuspend(2)STANDARDSThe pause() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').HISTORYA pause() syscall appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.BSDJune 4, 1993 BSD
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