PAUSE(2)             INTERACTIVE UNIX System             PAUSE(2)



          NAME
               pause - suspend process until signal

          SYNOPSIS
               pause ()

          DESCRIPTION
               The pause system call 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 will not return.

               If the signal is caught by the calling process, and control
               is returned from the signal-catching function [see sig-
               nal(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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