---
name: "syd-pause"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "syd"
version: "3.59.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/syd-pause"
---

# syd-pause(1)

Block forever (until signaled), optionally ignoring selected signals

## NAME

**syd-pause** - Block forever (until signaled), optionally ignoring selected signals

## SYNOPSIS

**syd-pause** *\[ -t \]* *\[ -h \]* *\[ -a \]* *\[ -q \]* *\[ -b \]* *\[ -i \]* *\[ -p signals \]*

## DESCRIPTION

**syd-pause** is a tiny, long-lived process that simply waits until it is terminated by a signal. By default, it honors all standard termination signals; options allow you to ignore specific signals so the process continues running when they are delivered. This is useful as a minimal placeholder, supervisor target, or synchronization sentinel in service pipelines and sandboxes.

## OPTIONS

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **--help** | Display help. |
| **-t** | Ignore SIGTERM. |
| **-h** | Ignore SIGHUP. |
| **-a** | Ignore SIGALRM. |
| **-q** | Ignore SIGQUIT. |
| **-b** | Ignore SIGABRT. |
| **-i** | Ignore SIGINT. |
| **-p signals** | Ignore the comma-separated list of signal numbers given in signals (e.g. -p 1,2,3,15). |
|  | Numbers must be valid per [*signal*(7)](/signal/7.md). This flag can be combined with the short flags above. |

## EXIT STATUS

On normal termination by a signal, **syd-pause** exits 0. On errors **syd-pause** exits with the corresponding [*errno*(3)](/errno/3.md) value.

## SEE ALSO

[*syd*(1)](/syd/1.md), [*syd*(2)](/syd/2.md), [*syd*(5)](/syd/5.md), [*syd-ofd*(1)](/syd-ofd/1.md), *s6-pause*(1), [*pause*(2)](/pause/2.md)

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  **syd** homepage: https://sydbox.exherbo.org/

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  **s6-pause** manpage: https://skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-pause.html

## AUTHORS

Maintained by Ali Polatel. Up-to-date sources can be found at https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox.git and on Radicle at rad:z38HCnbmcDegA2BMxuPaPRPMdp6wF. Bugs/patches can be submitted to https://gitlab.exherbo.org/groups/sydbox/-/issues. Discuss in #sydbox on Libera Chat or in #sydbox:mailstation.de on Matrix.