sigprocmask(2)                                               sigprocmask(2)




 NAME
      sigprocmask - examine and change blocked signals

 SYNOPSIS
      #include <signal.h>

      int sigprocmask(
           int how,
           const sigset_t *set,
           sigset_t *oset
      );

 DESCRIPTION
      The sigprocmask() function allows the calling process to examine
      and/or change its signal mask.

      If the argument set is not a null pointer, it points to a set of
      signals to be used to change the currently blocked set.

      The argument how indicates the way in which the set is changed and
      consists of one of the following values:

           SIG_BLOCK                The resulting set will be the union of
                                    the current set and the signal set
                                    pointed to by set.

           SIG_SETMASK              The resulting set will be the signal set
                                    pointed to by set.

           SIG_UNBLOCK              The resulting set will be the
                                    intersection of the current set andthe
                                    complement of the signal set pointed to
                                    by set.

      If the argument oset is not a null pointer, the previous mask is
      stored in the location pointed to by oset.  If set is a null pointer,
      the value of the argument how is not significant and the process'
      signal mask is unchanged; thus the call can be used to inquire about
      currently blocked signals.

      If there are any pending unblocked signals after the call to
      sigprocmask(), at least one of those signals will be delivered before
      the call to sigprocmask() returns.

      It is not possible  to  block  those  signals  which cannot  be
      ignored.  This is enforced by the system without causing an error to
      be indicated.

      If any of the SIGFPE, SIGILL, or SIGSEGV signals are generated while
      they are blocked, the result is undefined, unless the signal was
      generated by a call to kill() or raise().



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 sigprocmask(2)                                               sigprocmask(2)




      If sigprocmask() fails, the process' signal mask is not changed.

 RETURN VALUE
      Upon successful completion, sigprocmask() returns 0. Otherwise -1 is
      returned, errno is set to indicate the error, and the process' signal
      mask will be unchanged.

 ERRORS
      The sigprocmask() function will fail if:

           [EINVAL]       The value of the how argument is not equal to one
                          of the defined values.

 SEE ALSO
      sigaction(), sigaddset(), sigdelset(), sigemptyset(), sigfillset(),
      sigismember(), sigpending(), sigsuspend(), <signal.h>.

 CHANGE HISTORY
      First released in Issue 3.

      Entry included foralignment with the POSIX.1-1988 standard.


 Issue 4
      The following change is incorporated  for  alignment with the ISO
      POSIX-1 standard:

           -         The type of the arguments set and oset are changed from
                     sigset_t* to constsigset_t*.
      Another change is incorporated as follows:

           -         The DESCRIPTION section is changed to  indicate that
                     signals can also be generated by raise().





















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 sigprocmask(2)                                               sigprocmask(2)




                                 HP-UX EXTENSIONS



 ERRORS
      sigprocmask() fails if any of the following conditions are
      encountered:

      [EFAULT]            set or oset points to an invalid address.  The
                          reliable detection of this error is implementation
                          dependent.

 AUTHOR
      sigprocmask() was derived from the IEEE POSIX 1003.1-1988 Standard.

 SEE ALSO
      sigaction(2), sigsuspend(2), sigpending(2), sigsetops(3C), signal(5).

 STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
      sigprocmask(): AES, SVID3, XPG3, XPG4, FIPS 151-2, POSIX.1


































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