pause(2) System Calls Manual pause(2)
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 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.
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)
Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 pause(2)
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