Waiting for a Signal

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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.

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• Using Pause :: The simple way, using pause.
• Pause Problems :: Why the simple way is often not very good.
• Sigsuspend :: Reliably waiting for a specific signal.