PAUSE(3C)                            BSD                             PAUSE(3C)



NAME
     pause - stop until signal

SYNOPSIS
     pause()

DESCRIPTION
     pause never returns normally.  It is used to give up control while
     waiting for a signal from kill(2) or an interval timer; see setitimer(2).
     Upon termination of a signal handler started during a pause, the pause
     call will return.

ERRORS
     pause always returns the following:

     [EINTR]   The call was interrupted.

SEE ALSO
     kill(2), select(2), sigpause(2)

DIAGNOSTICS
     Always returns -1.