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\" @(#)pause.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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Dd June 4, 1993
Dt PAUSE 3
Os
Sh NAME
Nm pause
Nd stop until signal
Sh LIBRARY
Lb libc
Sh SYNOPSIS
In unistd.h
Ft int
Fn pause void
Sh DESCRIPTION
Bf -symbolic
Pause is made obsolete by
Xr sigsuspend 2 .
Ef
Pp
The
Fn pause
function
forces a process to pause until
a signal is received from either the
Xr kill 2
function
or an interval timer.
(See
Xr setitimer 2 . )
Upon termination of a signal handler started during a
Fn pause ,
the
Fn pause
call will return.
Sh RETURN VALUES
Always returns \-1.
Sh ERRORS
The
Fn pause
function
always returns:
Bl -tag -width Er
It Bq Er EINTR
The call was interrupted.
El
Sh SEE ALSO
Xr kill 2 ,
Xr poll 2 ,
Xr select 2 ,
Xr setitimer 2 ,
Xr sigsuspend 2
Sh STANDARDS
The
Fn pause
function conforms to
St -p1003.1-90 .
Sh HISTORY
A
Fn pause
syscall
appeared in
At v6 .
