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pause - wait for signal

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--> #include <unistd.h>

int pause(void);

The pause() library function causes the invoking process (or thread) to sleep until a signal is received that either terminates it or causes it to call a signal-catching function.

The pause() function only returns when a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned. In this case pause() returns -1, and errno is set to EINTR.

EINTR	a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.

SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.

kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2). or go to Top of page |  Section 2 |  Main Man Index.