PAUSE(2)                                                                Linux Programmer's Manual                                                               PAUSE(2)

NAME
       pause - wait for signal

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.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO
       kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)

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