PAUSE(3) |
Library Functions Manual |
PAUSE(3) |
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.
STANDARDS
The pause() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-1990 (“POSIX.1”).
HISTORY
A pause() syscall appeared in Version 6 AT&T UNIX.