NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       pause - wait for signal

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <unistd.h>

       int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       EINTR  a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3, SUSv2

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       kill(2), select(2), signal(2)



Linux				  1995-08-31			      PAUSE(2)