.TH PAUSE 2 2/13/83 .SH NAME pause \- stop until signal .SH SYNOPSIS .B pause() .SH DESCRIPTION .I Pause never returns normally. It is used to give up control while waiting for a signal from .IR kill (2) or .IR alarm (2). Upon termination of a signal handler started during a .I pause, the .I pause call will return. .SH "RETURN VALUE Always returns \-1. .SH ERRORS .I Pause always returns: .TP 15 [EINTR] The call was interrupted. .SH "SEE ALSO kill(2), select(2)