pause(2)pause(2)NAMEpause - suspend process until signal
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
suspends the calling process until it receives a signal. The signal
must be one that is not currently set to be ignored or blocked (masked)
by the calling process.
If the signal causes termination of the calling process, does not
return.
If the signal is by the calling process and control is returned from
the signal-catching function (see signal(5)), the calling process
resumes execution from the point of suspension; with a return value of
−1 from and set to
APPLICATION USAGE
Threads Considerations
Signal dispositions (such as catch/default/ignore) are shared by all
threads in the process and blocked signal masks are maintained by each
thread. Therefore, the signals being waited for should not be ignored
by the process or blocked by the calling thread.
will suspend only the calling thread until it receives a signal.
If other threads in the process do not block the signal, the signal may
be delivered to another thread in the process and the thread in may
continue waiting. For this reason, the use of is recommended instead
of for multi-threaded applications.
For more information regarding signals and threads, refer to signal(5).
SEE ALSOalarm(2), kill(2), sigwait(2), wait(2), signal(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCEpause(2)
