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5722c835 | 27 | .TH GSIGNAL 3 2015-07-23 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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28 | .SH NAME |
29 | gsignal, ssignal \- software signal facility | |
30 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
31 | .nf | |
32 | .B #include <signal.h> | |
33 | .sp | |
34 | .B typedef void (*sighandler_t)(int); | |
35 | .sp | |
61474e1b | 36 | .BI "int gsignal(int " signum ); |
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37 | .sp |
38 | .BI "sighandler_t ssignal(int " signum ", sighandler_t " action ); | |
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39 | .fi |
40 | .sp | |
41 | .in -4n | |
42 | Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see | |
43 | .BR feature_test_macros (7)): | |
44 | .in | |
45 | .sp | |
46 | .BR gsignal (), | |
47 | .BR ssignal (): | |
48 | _SVID_SOURCE | |
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49 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
50 | Don't use these functions under Linux. | |
51 | Due to a historical mistake, under Linux these functions are | |
52 | aliases for | |
fb186734 | 53 | .BR raise (3) |
fea681da | 54 | and |
fb186734 | 55 | .BR signal (2), |
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56 | respectively. |
57 | .LP | |
80b50848 | 58 | Elsewhere, on System V-like systems, these functions implement |
d9bfdb9c | 59 | software signaling, entirely independent of the classical |
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60 | .BR signal (2) |
61 | and | |
62 | .BR kill (2) | |
63 | functions. | |
c13182ef | 64 | The function |
63aa9df0 | 65 | .BR ssignal () |
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66 | defines the action to take when the software signal with |
67 | number | |
68 | .I signum | |
69 | is raised using the function | |
63aa9df0 | 70 | .BR gsignal (), |
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71 | and returns the previous such action or |
72 | .BR SIG_DFL . | |
fea681da | 73 | The function |
63aa9df0 | 74 | .BR gsignal () |
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75 | does the following: if no action (or the action |
76 | .BR SIG_DFL ) | |
77 | was | |
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78 | specified for |
79 | .IR signum , | |
80 | then it does nothing and returns 0. | |
8bd58774 | 81 | If the action |
0daa9e92 | 82 | .B SIG_IGN |
8bd58774 | 83 | was specified for |
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84 | .IR signum , |
85 | then it does nothing and returns 1. | |
8bd58774 | 86 | Otherwise, it resets the action to |
0daa9e92 | 87 | .B SIG_DFL |
8bd58774 | 88 | and calls |
c4bb193f | 89 | the action function with argument |
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90 | .IR signum , |
91 | and returns the value returned by that function. | |
92 | The range of possible values | |
93 | .I signum | |
94 | varies (often 1-15 or 1-17). | |
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95 | .SH ATTRIBUTES |
96 | For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see | |
97 | .BR attributes (7). | |
98 | .TS | |
99 | allbox; | |
100 | lb lb lb | |
101 | l l l. | |
102 | Interface Attribute Value | |
103 | T{ | |
104 | .BR gsignal () | |
105 | T} Thread safety MT-Safe | |
106 | T{ | |
107 | .BR ssignal () | |
108 | T} Thread safety MT-Safe sigintr | |
109 | .TE | |
110 | ||
47297adb | 111 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
68e1685c | 112 | These functions are available under AIX, DG/UX, HP-UX, SCO, Solaris, Tru64. |
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113 | They are called obsolete under most of these systems, and are |
114 | broken under Linux libc and glibc. | |
115 | Some systems also have | |
31e9a9ec | 116 | .BR gsignal_r () |
fea681da | 117 | and |
31e9a9ec | 118 | .BR ssignal_r (). |
47297adb | 119 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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120 | .BR kill (2), |
121 | .BR signal (2), | |
122 | .BR raise (3) |