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30 .TH PAUSE 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32 pause \- wait for signal
35 .B #include <unistd.h>
41 causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep
42 until a signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes
43 the invocation of a signal-catching function.
46 returns only when a signal was caught and the
47 signal-catching function returned.
53 .\" .BR ERESTARTNOHAND .
58 a signal was caught and the signal-catching function returned.
60 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.