SIGSETMASK

Section: System Calls (2)
Updated: May 14, 1986
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NAME

sigsetmask - set current signal mask  

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

sigsetmask(mask);
int mask;

mask = sigmask(signum)
 

DESCRIPTION

Sigsetmask sets the current signal mask (those signals that are blocked from delivery). Signals are blocked if the corresponding bit in mask is a 1; the macro sigmask is provided to construct the mask for a given signum.

The system quietly disallows SIGKILL, SIGSTOP, or SIGCONT to be blocked.  

RETURN VALUE

The previous set of masked signals is returned.  

SEE ALSO

kill(2), sigvec(2), sigblock(2), sigpause(2)


 

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