PAUSE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)Updated: 1995-08-31
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NAME
pause - wait for signalSYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>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 signal-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, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), signal(2), sigsuspend(2)
