June 2, 1993
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NAME
sighold, sigignore, sigpause, sigrelse, sigset - legacy interface for signal management
LIBRARY
.Lb libc
SYNOPSIS
.In signal.h int
sighold int sig int sigignore int sig int xsi_sigpause int sigmask int sigrelse int sig void (*)(int) sigset int void (*disp)(int) int sigpause int sigmaskDESCRIPTION
This interface is made obsolete by sigsuspend(2) and sigaction(2).
The
sigset function modifies signal dispositions. The sig argument specifies the signal, which may be any signal except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP. The disp argument specifies the signal’s disposition, which may be SIG_DFL, SIG_IGN, or the address of a signal handler. If sigset is used, and disp is the address of a signal handler, the system adds sig to the signal mask of the calling process before executing the signal handler; when the signal handler returns, the system restores the signal mask of the calling process to its state prior to the delivery of the signal. In addition, if sigset is used, and disp is equal to SIG_HOLD, sig is added to the signal mask of the calling process and sig ’s disposition remains unchanged. If sigset is used, and disp is not equal to SIG_HOLD, sig is removed from the signal mask of the calling process.The
sighold function adds sig to the signal mask of the calling process.The
sigrelse function removes sig from the signal mask of the calling process.The
sigignore function sets the disposition of sig to SIG_IGN.The
xsi_sigpause function removes sig from the signal mask of the calling process and suspend the calling process until a signal is received. The xsi_sigpause function restores the signal mask of the process to its original state before returning.The
sigpause function assigns sigmask to the set of masked signals and then waits for a signal to arrive; on return the set of masked signals is restored. The sigmask argument is usually 0 to indicate that no signals are to be blocked.RETURN VALUES
The
sigpause and xsi_sigpause functions always terminate by being interrupted, returning -1 with errno set to EINTR.
Upon successful completion,
sigset returns SIG_HOLD if the signal had been blocked and the signal’s previous disposition if it had not been blocked. Otherwise, SIG_ERR is returned and errno set to indicate the error.For all other functions, upon successful completion, 0 is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error:
[EINVAL] |
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| The sig argument is not a valid signal number. | |
[EINVAL] |
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For sigset and sigignore functions, an attempt was made to catch or ignore SIGKILL or SIGSTOP. |
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SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The
.Fx implements it under the name
sigpause function is implemented for compatibility with historic BSD 4.3 applications. An incompatible interface by the same name, which used a single signal number rather than a mask, was present in AT&T V , and was copied from there into the X/Open System Interfaces (XSI) option of -p1003.1-2001..Fx implements it under the name
xsi_sigpause. The sighold, sigignore, sigrelse and sigset functions are implemented for compatibility with System V and XSI interfaces.HISTORY
The
.Fx 8.1 and were deprecated before being implemented.
sigpause function appeared in BSD 4.2 and has been deprecated. All other functions appeared in.Fx 8.1 and were deprecated before being implemented.
