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pause
Section: System Calls (2)Updated: 202-0-08
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NAME
pause - wait for signalLIBRARY
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)