NAME

pause − stop until signal

SYNTAX

pause()

DESCRIPTION

Pause never returns normally.  It is used to give up control while waiting for a signal from kill(2) or an interval timer, see setitimer(2). Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause, the pause call will return. 

DIAGNOSTICS

Pause always returns:

[EINTR] The call was interrupted, i.e., always returns −1. 

SEE ALSO

kill(2), select(2), sigpause(2)