NAME

     pause - wait for signal

SYNOPSIS

     #include <unistd.h>

     int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION

     The pause system call causes the invoking process  to  sleep
     until a signal is received.

RETURN VALUE

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

ERRORS

     EINTR
          signal was received.

CONFORMING TO

     SVr4, SVID, POSIX, X/OPEN, BSD 4.3

SEE ALSO

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