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+.\" $OpenBSD: pause.3,v 1.17 2022/12/30 21:21:25 cheloha Exp $
+.\"
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+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 30 2022 $
+.Dt PAUSE 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm pause
+.Nd wait for a signal
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In unistd.h
+.Ft int
+.Fn pause void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+.Fn pause
+is obsoleted by
+.Xr sigsuspend 2 .
+.Ef
+.Pp
+.Fn pause
+blocks the calling thread until it receives an unmasked signal.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+.Fn pause
+always returns \-1.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn pause
+always sets
+.Xr errno 2
+to the following value:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINTR
+The call was interrupted by a signal.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr kill 2 ,
+.Xr setitimer 2 ,
+.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
+.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
+.Xr signal 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+A
+.Fn pause
+system call first appeared outside of Bell Labs in the
+.Dq 50 changes
+tape for
+.At v6 .
+It was first officially released with PWB/UNIX 1.0.
+It was reimplemented as a wrapper around the
+.Fn sigpause
+and
+.Fn sigblock
+system calls in
+.Bx 4.2 ,
+and around the
+.Xr sigsuspend 2
+and
+.Xr sigprocmask 2
+system calls in
+.Bx 4.3 Reno .