sleep(1) - suspend execution for an interval of time {oss}

Applications and Utilities

vfork (2) - spawn new process and block parent {oss}

wait waitpid wait4 wait3 (2) - wait for process termination {oss}

raise (3) - send a signal to the current process {oss}

kill (2) - send signal to a process {oss}

killpg (3) - send signal to a process group {oss}

semctl (2) - semaphore control operations {oss}

semget (2) - get semaphore set {oss}

semop (2) - semaphore operations {oss}

sleep (3) - suspend process execution for interval of seconds {oss}

usleep (3) - suspend execution for interval of microseconds {oss}

nanosleep (2) - suspend process execution for interval of nanoseconds {oss}

getitimer setitimer (2) - get/set value of interval timer {oss}

alarm (3) - set signal timer alarm {oss}

ualarm (3) - schedule signal after specified time {oss}

psignal sys_siglist sys_signame (3) - system signal messages {oss}

strsignal (3) - get signal description string {oss}

sigemptyset sigfillset sigaddset sigdelset sigismember (3) - manipulate signal sets {oss}

sigblock (3) - block signals {oss}

siginterrupt (3) - allow signals to interrupt system calls {oss}

signal (3) - simplified software signal facilities {oss}

sigpause (3) - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt {oss}

sigsetmask (3) - set current signal mask {oss}

sigvec (3) - software signal facilities {oss}

sigaction (2) - software signal facilities {oss}

sigaltstack (2) - set and/or get signal stack context {oss}

sigpending (2) - get pending signals {oss}

sigprocmask (2) - manipulate current signal mask {oss}

sigreturn (2) - return from signal {oss}

sigstack (2) - set and/or get signal stack context {oss}

sigsuspend (2) - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt {oss}

Libraries and Functions

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Process Creation and Control - covers child process control (like sending signals), renice, fork, et al

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