PAUSE

Section: Compatibility Functions (3C)
Updated: August 1, 1992
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NAME

pause - stop until signal  

SYNOPSIS

int pause(void);  

DESCRIPTION

Pause suspends the calling process until delivery of a signal whose action is either to execute a signal-catching function or to terminate the process.

If the action is to terminate the process, pause never returns.

If the action is to execute a signal-catching function, pause returns after the signal-catching function returns.  

RETURN VALUE

Always returns -1.  

ERRORS

Pause always returns:
[EINTR]
The call was interrupted.
 

SEE ALSO

alarm(2), kill(2), select(2), setitimer(2), sigpause(2), wait(2)


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
SEE ALSO

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