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NAME
pause - wait for signal
LIBRARY
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
bash
#include <unistd.h>bash
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.
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)