Name

pause − stop until signal

Syntax

pause()

Description

The pause subroutine never returns normally. It is used to give up control while waiting for a signal from kill() or an interval timer, see setitimer(.). Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause, the pause call will return.

Diagnostics

The pause subroutine always returns:

[EINTR] The call was interrupted, that is, always returns −1. 

See Also

kill(2), select(2), sigpause(2)