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24.8 Waiting for a Signal

If your program is driven by external events, or uses signals for synchronization, then when it has nothing to do it should probably wait until a signal arrives.

24.8.1 Using pause  The simple way, using pause.
24.8.2 Problems with pause  Why the simple way is often not very good.
24.8.3 Using sigsuspend  Reliably waiting for a specific signal.


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