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pause

NAME

       pause - wait for signal

SYNOPSIS

       #include<unistd.h>
       int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION

       pause  causes  the  process  to  sleep  until  a signal is
       received.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

       EINTR   signal was received.

CONFORMING TO

       SVID, AT&T, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

       kill(2), select(2), signal(2)



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