.Dd September 27, 2012 .Dt PAUSE 1 .Os Linux .Sh NAME .Nm pause .Nd don't exit, efficiently .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm pause .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm pause waits to be terminated by a signal. It can be used when service supervision is used but there is no long-running program to supervise. .Nm pause uses minimal system resources. .Sh EXAMPLES Setting up a static IP address with .Xr plugsv 8 . .Pp .Pa /etc/netsv/eth0/run : .Bd -literal -offset indent #!/bin/sh ip link set eth0 up ip addr add 192.0.2.1/24 dev eth0 exec pause .Ed .Pp .Pa /etc/netsv/eth0/finish : .Bd -literal -offset indent #!/bin/sh ip addr del 192.0.2.1/24 dev eth0 ip link set eth0 down .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sleep 1 , .Xr pause 2 .Sh AUTHOR .An Christian Neukirchen , .Mt chneukirchen@gmail.com .