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.TH PAUSE 3C "May 9, 1985"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
pause \- stop until signal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pause()
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Pause
never returns normally.
It is used to give up control while waiting for
a signal from
.IR kill (2)
or an interval timer, see
.IR setitimer (2).
Upon termination of a signal handler started during a
.I pause,
the
.I pause
call will return.
.SH "RETURN VALUE
Always returns \-1.
.SH ERRORS
.I Pause
always returns:
.TP 15
[EINTR]
The call was interrupted.
.SH "SEE ALSO
kill(2), select(2), sigpause(2)

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