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PAUSE(3C)							     PAUSE(3C)

NAME
       pause - stop until signal

SYNOPSIS
       int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION
       Pause  suspends	the  calling  process until delivery of a signal whose
       action is either to execute a signal-catching function or to  terminate
       the process.

       If the action is to terminate the process, pause never returns.

       If  the	action is to execute a signal-catching function, pause returns
       after the signal-catching function returns.

RETURN VALUE
       Always returns -1.

ERRORS
       Pause always returns:

       [EINTR]	      The call was interrupted.

SEE ALSO
       alarm(2), kill(2), select(2), setitimer(2), sigpause(2), wait(2)

4th Berkeley Distribution	August 1, 1992			     PAUSE(3C)

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