.TH SIGSET 3
.SH NAME
sigset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigismember \- manipulate signal sets
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft B
#include <signal.h>

.nf
int sigaddset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP, int \fIsig\fP)
int sigdelset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP, int \fIsig\fP)
int sigemptyset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP)
int sigfillset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP)
int sigismember(const sigset_t *\fIset\fP, int \fIsig\fP)
.fi
.ft P
.SH DESCRIPTION
The system calls that handle signals, such as
.BR sigaction (2)
and
.BR sigprocmask (2)
use sets of signals to keep a process from being interrupted by those
signals while executing a signal handler or a critical code segment.  These
signal sets are manipulated by the following functions:
.TP 5
.B "int sigaddset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP, int \fIsig\fP)"
Add signal
.I sig
to the signal set referenced by
.IR set .
.TP
.B "int sigdelset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP, int \fIsig\fP)"
Remove signal
.I sig
from the signal set referenced by
.IR set .
.TP
.B "int sigemptyset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP)"
Initialize the signal set referenced by
.I set
to an empty set.
.TP
.B "int sigfillset(sigset_t *\fIset\fP)"
Initialize the signal set referenced by
.I set
to an full set, i.e. all signals are in the set.
.TP
.B "int sigismember(const sigset_t *\fIset\fP, int \fIsig\fP)"
Return
.B 1
if the signal
.I sig
is present in the set referenced by
.IR set ,
.B 0
otherwise.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR sigaction (2),
.BR sigpending (2),
.BR sigprocmask (2),
.BR sigsuspend (2).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
All functions except
.B sigismember
return
.B 0
on success.
.B Sigismember
returns
.B 0
or
.B 1
on success.  They return
.B \-1
with error code
.B EINVAL
for an invalid signal number.  (They do not use
.B EFAULT
for a bad
.I set
address, but will simply cause a segmentation violation.)
.SH AUTHOR
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

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