pause (2)

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 sig-
       nal-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)

Linux                             1995-08-31                          pause(2)