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$(OS_DIR)/lib/libc.a #include <unistd.h>int pause(void);
The function or functions documented here may not be used safely in all application contexts with all APIs provided in the ChorusOS 5.0 product.
See API(5FEA) for details.
pause() is made obsolete by sigsuspend(2POSIX).
The pause() function forces a process to pause until a signal is received from either the kill(2POSIX) function or an interval timer. On termination of a signal handler started during a pause(), the pause() call will return.
Always returns -1.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
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Interface Stability | Evolving |
MT-Level | Async-Signal-Safe |
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