PAUSE(3)

NAME
pause - stop until signal

LIBRARY
libc

SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
int
pause(void);

DESCRIPTION
Pause is made obsolete by sigsuspend(2).

The pause() function forces a process to pause until a signal is received from either the kill(2) function or an interval timer. (See setitimer(2).) Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause(), the pause() call will return.

RETURN VALUES
Always returns -1.

ERRORS
The pause() function always returns:

[EINTR]
    The call was interrupted.

SEE ALSO
kill(2), poll(2), select(2), setitimer(2), sigsuspend(2)

STANDARDS
The pause() function conforms to p1003.1-90.

HISTORY
A pause() syscall appeared in AT&T UNIX.