pause(2) — Linux manual page

pause(2)                   System Calls Manual                   pause(2)

NAME         top

       pause - wait for signal

LIBRARY         top

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <unistd.h>

       int pause(void);

DESCRIPTION         top

       pause() causes the calling process (or thread) to sleep until a
       signal is delivered that either terminates the process or causes
       the invocation of a signal-catching function.

RETURN VALUE         top

       pause() returns only when a signal was caught and the signal-
       catching function returned.  In this case, pause() returns -1, and
       errno is set to EINTR.

ERRORS         top

       EINTR  a signal was caught and the signal-catching function
              returned.

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.

SEE ALSO         top

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

COLOPHON         top

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Linux man-pages 6.15            2025-05-17                       pause(2)

Pages that refer to this page: pmsleep(1),  alarm(2),  ptrace(2),  sigaction(2),  signal(2),  sigprocmask(2),  sigsuspend(2),  syscalls(2),  wait(2),  sigset(3),  sigvec(3),  signal(7),  signal-safety(7)

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