1pause(2)                      System Calls Manual                     pause(2)
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NAME

6       pause - wait for signal
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LIBRARY

9       Standard C library (libc, -lc)
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SYNOPSIS

12       #include <unistd.h>
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14       int pause(void);
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DESCRIPTION

17       pause()  causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a signal
18       is delivered that either terminates the process or causes  the  invoca‐
19       tion of a signal-catching function.
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RETURN VALUE

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

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

30       POSIX.1-2008.
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HISTORY

33       POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
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SEE ALSO

36       kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)
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