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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/pause.3 b/lib/libc/gen/pause.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e48bc8e --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/pause.3 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)pause.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dt PAUSE 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm pause +.Nd stop until signal +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft int +.Fn pause void +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Sy Pause is made obsolete by +.Xr sigsuspend 2 . +.Pp +The +.Fn pause +function +forces a process to pause until +a signal is received from either the +.Xr kill 2 +function +or an interval timer. +(See +.Xr setitimer 2 . ) +Upon termination of a signal handler started during a +.Fn pause , +the +.Fn pause +call will return. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +Always returns \-1. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn pause +function +always returns: +.Bl -tag -width [EINTR] +.It Bq Er EINTR +The call was interrupted. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kill 2 , +.Xr select 2 , +.Xr sigsuspend 2 +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn pause +syscall +appeared in +.At v6 . |