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+.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)pause.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.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
+.Bf -symbolic
+Pause is made obsolete by sigpause(3).
+.Ef
+.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 sigpause 2
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Fn pause
+syscall
+appeared in
+.At v6 .
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