s6-portable-utils
Software
skarnet.org

The s6-pause program

s6-pause blocks until it is killed.

Interface

     s6-pause [ -t ] [ -h ] [ -a ] [ -q ] [ -b ] [ -i ] [ -p signals ]

Options

• -t : ignore SIGTERM
• -h : ignore SIGHUP
• -a : ignore SIGALRM
• -q : ignore SIGQUIT
• -b : ignore SIGABRT
• -i : ignore SIGINT
• -p signals : ignore the signals listed in signals, which must be a comma-separated list of signal numbers.

Usage notes

• s6-pause is one of the smallest possible long-lived programs. It uses as few resources as the kernel will allow.
• The options can be used to wait for a specific signal without being killed by others.