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PAUSE(2)							      PAUSE(2)

NAME
       pause - stop until signal

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int pause(void)

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

RETURN VALUE
       Always returns -1.

ERRORS
       Pause always returns:

       [EINTR]	      The call was interrupted.

SEE ALSO
       alarm(2), kill(2), sigsuspend(2).

4th Berkeley Distribution	  May 9, 1985			      PAUSE(2)

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