PAUSE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual PAUSE(2)NAMEpause - wait for signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
DESCRIPTIONpause() causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a signal
is delivered that either terminates the process or causes the invoca‐
tion of a signal-catching function.
RETURN VALUEpause() 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 ALSOkill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)COLOPHON
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Linux 2008-10-06 PAUSE(2)