PAUSE(S) UNIX System V PAUSE(S)
Name
pause - suspend process until signal
Syntax
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
signal(S)), 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(S), kill(S), signal(S), sigpause(S), wait(S)
Standards Conformance
pause is conformant with:
AT&T SVID Issue 2, Select Code 307-127;
The X/Open Portability Guide II of January 1987;
IEEE POSIX Std 1003.1-1988 with C Standard Language-
Dependent System Support;
and NIST FIPS 151-1.
(printed 6/20/89)