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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/pause.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/pause.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/pause.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..969f7b4e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/pause.3 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pause.3,v 1.17 2022/12/30 21:21:25 cheloha Exp $ +.\" +.\" 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. 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. +.\" +.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 . |
