NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       sigpause - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <signal.h>

       int sigpause(int sigmask);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       This interface is made obsolete by sigsuspend(2).

       sigpause  assigns  sigmask  to the set of masked signals and then waits
       for a signal to	arrive;  on  return  the  set  of  masked  signals  is
       restored.

       sigmask	is  usually  0	to indicate that no signals are to be blocked.
       sigpause always terminates by  being  interrupted,  returning  -1  with
       errno set to EINTR.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       4.4BSD.	 The  sigpause	function call appeared in 4.3BSD and is deprecated.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       sigsuspend(2),  kill(2),  sigaction(2),	sigprocmask(2),   sigblock(2),
       sigvec(2)



Linux 1.3			  1993-07-24			   SIGPAUSE(2)