NAME
pause —
stop until signal
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
pause(
void);
DESCRIPTION
The
pause() function forces a process to pause until a signal
is received from either the
kill(2) function or an interval
timer. (See
setitimer(2).)
Upon termination of a signal handler started during a
pause(), the
pause() call will return.
RETURN VALUES
Always returns -1.
ERRORS
The
pause() function always returns:
-
-
- [
EINTR
]
- The call was interrupted.
SEE ALSO
kill(2),
poll(2),
select(2),
setitimer(2),
sigsuspend(2)
STANDARDS
The
pause() function conforms to
IEEE Std
1003.1-1990 (“POSIX.1”).
HISTORY
A
pause() syscall appeared in
Version 6
AT&T UNIX.