.TH PAUSE 2 .UC .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). .SH ERRORS .I Pause always returns: .TP 20 [EINTR] The call was interrupted. .SH SEE ALSO kill(1), kill(2), alarm(2), signal(2), setjmp(3) .SH ASSEMBLER (pause = 29.) .br .B sys pause