PAUSE

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: August 31, 1995
 

NAME

pause - wait for signal  

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int pause(void);  

DESCRIPTION

The pause system call causes the invoking process to sleep until a signal is received.  

RETURN VALUE

pause always returns -1, and errno is set to ERESTARTNOHAND.  

ERRORS

EINTR
signal was received.
 

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3  

SEE ALSO

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