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PAUSE(2) | Linux Programmer's Manual | PAUSE(2) |
NAME¶
pause - wait for signalSYNOPSIS¶
#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¶
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.SEE ALSO¶
kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)COLOPHON¶
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