pause(2)                         UNIX System V                         pause(2)


NAME
      pause - suspend process until signal

SYNOPSIS
      #include <unistd.h>

      int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION
      pause suspends the calling process until it receives a signal.  The
      signal must be one that is not currently set to be ignored by the calling
      process.

      If the signal causes termination of the calling process, pause does not
      return.

      If the signal is caught by the calling process and control is returned
      from the signal-catching function [see signal(2)], the calling process
      resumes execution from the point of suspension; with a return value of -1
      from pause and errno set to EINTR.

SEE ALSO
      alarm(2), kill(2), signal(2), sigpause(2), wait(2)































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