SIGPAUSE Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2) Updated: 24 July 2025 Index   NAME sigpause - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt   SYNOPSIS #include <signal.h> int sigpause(int sigmask);   DESCRIPTION This interface is made obsolete by sigpause assigns sigmask to the set of masked signals and then waits for a signal to arrive; on return the set of masked signals is restored. sigmask is usually 0 to indicate that no signals are to be blocked. sigpause always terminates by being interrupted, returning -1 with errno set to EINTR.   CONFORMING TO 4.4BSD. The sigpause function call appeared in 4.3BSD and is deprecated.   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION CONFORMING TO SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:56:07 GMT, March 24, 2025