PAUSE(2) |
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PAUSE(2) |
NAME
pause - wait for signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
DESCRIPTION
pause() causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes the invocation of a signal-catching function.
RETURN VALUE
pause() returns only 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, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO
kill(2),
select(2),
signal(2),
sigsuspend(2)
COLOPHON
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