pause — wait for signal
Synopsis
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
Description
pause() causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes the invocation of a signal-catching function.
Return Value
pause() returns only 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
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
See Also
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Referenced By
alarm(2), pmpause(1), ptrace(2), sigaction(2), signal(2), signal(7), signal-safety(7), sigprocmask(2), sigset(3), sigsuspend(2), sigvec(3), stress-ng(1), syscalls(2), wait(2).