mdPause(3dm)                                                      mdPause(3dm)


NAME
     mdPause- discard any queued messages and return stamp of last event


SYNOPSIS
     #include <dmedia/midi.h>

     long long mdPause(MDport port)

DESCRIPTION
     mdPause immediately halts output on a port and discards any queued
     events.  It returns the stamp of the last MIDI message sent (which is the
     same as the value returned by mdTell(3dm)).


RETURN VALUES
     mdPause returns the timestamp of the last transmitted event when
     successful.  It returns -1 on failure.


SEE ALSO
     mdIntro(3dm), mdTell(3dm), dmGetUST


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