Manual page for PAUSE(3C)
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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