PAUSE
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Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 1995-08-31
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NAME
pause - wait for signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
DESCRIPTION
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.
RETURN VALUE
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.
ERRORS
- EINTR
-
a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.
CONFORMING TO
SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
kill(2),
select(2),
signal(2)
Index
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