NAME pause - wait for signal CONTENTS Synopsis Description Errors SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> int pause(void); 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 function. "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
int pause(void); 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 function. "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