PAUSE

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: March 28, 1992
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NAME

pause - wait for signal  

SYNOPSIS

#include<unistd.h>

int pause(void);  

DESCRIPTION

pause causes the process to sleep until a signal is received.  

RETURN VALUE

pause always returns -1, and errno is set to ERESTARTNOHAND.  

ERRORS

EINTR
signal was received.
 

CONFORMING TO

SVID, AT&T, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3  

SEE ALSO

kill(2), select(2), signal(2)


 

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RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
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SEE ALSO

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