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NAME
pause
- stop until signal
SYNOPSIS
Fd #include <unistd.h>
Ft int
Fn pause void
DESCRIPTION
Bf -symbolic
Pause is made obsolete by sigpause(3).
Ef
The
Fn 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
Fn pause ,
the
Fn pause
call will return.
RETURN VALUES
Always returns -1.
ERRORS
The
Fn pause
function
always returns:
- Bq Er EINTR
-
The call was interrupted.
SEE ALSO
kill(2),
select(2),
sigpause(2)
HISTORY
A
Fn pause
syscall
appeared in
AT&T System
v6 .
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUES
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- ERRORS
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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