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@(#)pause.3 6.1 (Berkeley) 05/09/85
PAUSE 3C ""
C 4 NAME
pause - stop until signal
SYNOPSIS
pause() DESCRIPTION
Pause never returns normally.
It is used to give up control while waiting for
a signal from
kill (2) or an interval timer, see
setitimer (2). Upon termination of a signal handler started during a
pause, the
pause call will return.
"RETURN VALUE
Always returns -1.
ERRORS
Pause always returns:
15 [EINTR] The call was interrupted.
"SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), sigpause(2)