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PAUSE(2) | Linux Programmer's Manual | PAUSE(2) |
NAME¶
pause - wait for signal
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 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¶
SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO¶
COLOPHON¶
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2008-10-06 | Linux |