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Section: System Calls (2) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
pause - wait for signal
LIBRARY
Standard C library
( libc,~ -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#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 signa-catching function.
RETURN VALUE
pause()
returns only when a signal was caught and the
signa-catching function returned.
In this case,
pause()
returns -1, and
errno
is set to
EINTR.
ERRORS
- EINTR
-
a signal was caught and the signa-catching function returned.
STANDARDS
POSIX.-2024.
HISTORY
POSIX.-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
kill(2),
select(2),
signal(2),
sigsuspend(2)
Index
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- STANDARDS
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- HISTORY
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- SEE ALSO
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