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Red Hat Documentation: man pages: man2: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)

Manpage of PAUSE

PAUSE

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: August 31, 2025
Index  

NAME

pause - wait for signal  

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int pause(void);  

DESCRIPTION

The pause system call causes the invoking process to sleep until a signal is received.  

RETURN VALUE

pause always returns -1, and errno is set to ERESTARTNOHAND.  

ERRORS

EINTR
signal was received.
 

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3  

SEE ALSO


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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Time: 11:56:06 GMT, March 24, 2025

 

 
 
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