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<H1>sigsuspend(2)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
sigsuspend - suspend until signalled
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;signal.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>sigsuspend(const</STRONG> <STRONG>sigset_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>set</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Sigsuspend()</STRONG> installs the signal mask referenced by <EM>set</EM> and suspends the
process until signalled. The signal is handled, the signal mask is
restored to the value it had before the <STRONG>sigsuspend()</STRONG> call and call
returns.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="../man2/pause.2.html">pause(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man2/sigaction.2.html">sigaction(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man2/sigpending.2.html">sigpending(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man2/sigprocmask.2.html">sigprocmask(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/sigset.3.html">sigset(3)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Sigsuspend()</STRONG> never returns normally, so it always returns <STRONG>-1</STRONG>. The error
code is either <STRONG>EINTR</STRONG> indicating that a signal has arrived, or <STRONG>EFAULT</STRONG> for
a bad <EM>set</EM> address.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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