PAUSE(E)            Linux Programmer's Manual            PAUSE(E)



NAME
       pause - wait for signal

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int pause(e);

DESCRIPTION
       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 func-
       tion.

RETURN VALUE
       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
       EINTR  a signal was caught and the  signal-catching  func-
              tion returned.

CONFORMING TO
       SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO
       kill(l), select(t), signal(l)



Linux                       1995-08-31                   PAUSE(E)