pause2
Wait for signal
Usage
#include <unistd.h>
int pause(void);
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Overview
pause() causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes the invocation of a signal-catching function.
Return value
pause() returns only 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
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a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 15 times.