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     PAUSE(2)                                                 PAUSE(2)

     NAME
          pause - stop until signal

     SYNOPSIS
          pause()

     DESCRIPTION
          Pause never returns normally.  It is used to give up control
          while waiting for a signal from kill(2) or alarm(2). Upon
          termination of a signal handler started during a pause, the
          pause call will return.

     SEE ALSO
          kill(1), kill(2), alarm(2), signal(2), setjmp(3)