PAUSE

Section: MINTLIB LIBRARY FUNCTIONS (3)
Updated: 3 March 1993
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NAME

pause - suspend process until signal  

SYNOPSIS

?? No header file yet. #include <signal.h>?

void pause(void);
 

DESCRIPTION

pause suspends the calling process until it receives a signal. The signal must be one that is not currently set to be ignored by the calling process. If the signal causes termination of the calling process, pause will not return.  

SEE ALSO

alarm(3), kill(3), signal(3), sigpause(3), wait(3), Pause(2)  

NOTE

For vague reasons, pause returns an integer on System V.
 

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