PAUSE(2) Linux Programmer's Manual PAUSE(2)

NAME
       pause - wait for signal

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       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  invoca‐
       tion 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
       kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux                             2008-10-06                          PAUSE(2)