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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_13_43_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>signal.h - signals</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
<blockquote class="synopsis">
<p><tt>#include &lt;signal.h&gt;</tt></p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
<blockquote>
<div class="box"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> Some of the functionality described on this reference page extends the ISO&nbsp;C standard. Applications shall define
the appropriate feature test macro (see the System Interfaces volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../functions/xsh_chap02_02.html">Section 2.2, The Compilation Environment</a>) to enable the visibility of these symbols in this
header. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></div>
<p>The <i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> header shall define the following symbolic constants, each of which expands to a distinct constant
expression of the type:</p>
<pre>
<tt>void (*)(int)
</tt>
</pre>
<p>whose value matches no declarable function.</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>SIG_DFL</dt>
<dd>Request for default signal handling.</dd>
<dt>SIG_ERR</dt>
<dd>Return value from <a href="../functions/signal.html"><i>signal</i>()</a> in case of error.</dd>
<dt>SIG_HOLD</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Request that signal be held. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SIG_IGN</dt>
<dd>Request that signal be ignored.</dd>
</dl>
<p>The following data types shall be defined through <b>typedef</b>:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt><b>sig_atomic_t</b></dt>
<dd>Possibly volatile-qualified integer type of an object that can be accessed as an atomic entity, even in the presence of
asynchronous interrupts.</dd>
<dt><b>sigset_t</b></dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Integer or structure type of an object used to represent sets of signals. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
border="0"></dd>
<dt><b>pid_t</b></dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> As
described in <a href="sys/types.h.html"><i>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</i></a> . <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
border="0"></dd>
</dl>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('RTS')">RTS</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The <i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> header shall define the <b>sigevent</b> structure, which has at least the following members:</p>
<pre>
<tt>int sigev_notify </tt> Notification type. <tt>
int sigev_signo </tt> Signal number. <tt>
union sigval sigev_value </tt> Signal value. <tt>
void(*)(union sigval) sigev_notify_function </tt> Notification function. <tt>
(pthread_attr_t *) sigev_notify_attributes</tt> Notification attributes. <tt>
</tt>
</pre>
<p>The following values of <i>sigev_notify</i> shall be defined:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>SIGEV_NONE</dt>
<dd>No asynchronous notification is delivered when the event of interest occurs.</dd>
<dt>SIGEV_SIGNAL</dt>
<dd>A queued signal, with an application-defined value, is generated when the event of interest occurs.</dd>
<dt>SIGEV_THREAD</dt>
<dd>A notification function is called to perform notification.</dd>
</dl>
<p>The <b>sigval</b> union shall be defined as:</p>
<pre>
<tt>int sival_int </tt> Integer signal value. <tt>
void *sival_ptr </tt> Pointer signal value. <tt>
</tt>
</pre>
<p>This header shall also declare the macros SIGRTMIN and SIGRTMAX, which evaluate to integer expressions, and specify a range of
signal numbers that are reserved for application use and for which the realtime signal behavior specified in this volume of
IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001 is supported. The signal numbers in this range do not overlap any of the signals specified in the
following table.</p>
<p>The range SIGRTMIN through SIGRTMAX inclusive shall include at least {RTSIG_MAX} signal numbers.</p>
<p>It is implementation-defined whether realtime signal behavior is supported for other signals. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif"
alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
<p>This header also declares the constants that are used to refer to the signals that occur in the system. Signals defined here
begin with the letters SIG. Each of the signals have distinct positive integer values. The value 0 is reserved for use as the null
signal (see <a href="../functions/kill.html"><i>kill</i>()</a>). Additional implementation-defined signals may occur in the
system.</p>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> The
ISO&nbsp;C standard only requires the signal names SIGABRT, SIGFPE, SIGILL, SIGINT, SIGSEGV, and SIGTERM to be defined. <img src=
"../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
<p>The following signals shall be supported on all implementations (default actions are explained below the table):</p>
<center>
<table border="1" cellpadding="3" align="center">
<tr valign="top">
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Signal</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Default Action</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Description</b></p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGABRT</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Process abort signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGALRM</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Alarm clock.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGBUS</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Access to an undefined portion of a memory object.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGCHLD</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">I</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Child process terminated, stopped,</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> &nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">or continued. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGCONT</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">C</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Continue executing, if stopped.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGFPE</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Erroneous arithmetic operation.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGHUP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Hangup.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGILL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Illegal instruction.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGINT</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Terminal interrupt signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGKILL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Kill (cannot be caught or ignored).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGPIPE</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Write on a pipe with no one to read it.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGQUIT</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Terminal quit signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGSEGV</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Invalid memory reference.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGSTOP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">S</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Stop executing (cannot be caught or ignored).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGTERM</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Termination signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGTSTP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">S</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Terminal stop signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGTTIN</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">S</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Background process attempting read.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGTTOU</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">S</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Background process attempting write.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGUSR1</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">User-defined signal 1.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGUSR2</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">User-defined signal 2.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> SIGPOLL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Pollable event.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGPROF</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Profiling timer expired.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGSYS</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Bad system call.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGTRAP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Trace/breakpoint trap. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGURG</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">I</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">High bandwidth data is available at a socket.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> SIGVTALRM</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">T</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Virtual timer expired.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGXCPU</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CPU time limit exceeded.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGXFSZ</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">A</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">File size limit exceeded. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
<p>The default actions are as follows:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>T</dt>
<dd>Abnormal termination of the process. The process is terminated with all the consequences of <a href=
"../functions/_exit.html"><i>_exit</i>()</a> except that the status made available to <a href=
"../functions/wait.html"><i>wait</i>()</a> and <a href="../functions/waitpid.html"><i>waitpid</i>()</a> indicates abnormal
termination by the specified signal.</dd>
<dt>A</dt>
<dd>Abnormal termination of the process.<br>
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Additionally, implementation-defined abnormal termination actions, such as creation of a <b>core</b> file, may occur. <img src=
"../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>I</dt>
<dd>Ignore the signal.</dd>
<dt>S</dt>
<dd>Stop the process.</dd>
<dt>C</dt>
<dd>Continue the process, if it is stopped; otherwise, ignore the signal.</dd>
</dl>
<br>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> The
header shall provide a declaration of <b>struct sigaction</b>, including at least the following members:</p>
<pre>
<tt>void (*sa_handler)(int) </tt> What to do on receipt of signal. <tt>
sigset_t sa_mask </tt> Set of signals to be blocked during execution <tt>
</tt> of the signal handling function. <tt>
int sa_flags </tt> Special flags. <tt>
void (*)(int, siginfo_t *, void *) sa_sigaction
</tt> Pointer to signal handler function or one <tt>
</tt> of the macros SIG_IGN or SIG_DFL. <tt>
</tt>
</pre>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The storage occupied by <i>sa_handler</i> and <i>sa_sigaction</i> may overlap, and a conforming application shall not use both
simultaneously. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
<p>The following shall be declared as constants:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>SA_NOCLDSTOP</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> Do
not generate SIGCHLD when children stop <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"><br>
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> or
stopped children continue. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SIG_BLOCK</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The resulting set is the union of the current set and the signal set pointed to by the argument <i>set</i>. <img src=
"../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SIG_UNBLOCK</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The resulting set is the intersection of the current set and the complement of the signal set pointed to by the argument
<i>set</i>. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SIG_SETMASK</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The resulting set is the signal set pointed to by the argument <i>set</i>. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
border="0"></dd>
<dt>SA_ONSTACK</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Causes signal delivery to occur on an alternate stack. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SA_RESETHAND</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Causes signal dispositions to be set to SIG_DFL on entry to signal handlers. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
border="0"></dd>
<dt>SA_RESTART</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Causes certain functions to become restartable. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SA_SIGINFO</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Causes extra information to be passed to signal handlers at the time of receipt of a signal. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt=
"[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SA_NOCLDWAIT</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Causes implementations not to create zombie processes on child death. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border=
"0"></dd>
<dt>SA_NODEFER</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Causes signal not to be automatically blocked on entry to signal handler. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
border="0"></dd>
<dt>SS_ONSTACK</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Process is executing on an alternate signal stack. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SS_DISABLE</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Alternate signal stack is disabled. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>MINSIGSTKSZ</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Minimum stack size for a signal handler. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
<dt>SIGSTKSZ</dt>
<dd><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Default size in bytes for the alternate signal stack. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></dd>
</dl>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
The <b>ucontext_t</b> structure shall be defined through <b>typedef</b> as described in <a href=
"../basedefs/ucontext.h.html"><i>&lt;ucontext.h&gt;</i></a>.</p>
<p>The <b>mcontext_t</b> type shall be defined through <b>typedef</b> as described in <a href=
"../basedefs/ucontext.h.html"><i>&lt;ucontext.h&gt;</i></a>.</p>
<p>The <i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> header shall define the <b>stack_t</b> type as a structure that includes at least the following
members:</p>
<pre>
<tt>void *ss_sp </tt> Stack base or pointer. <tt>
size_t ss_size </tt> Stack size. <tt>
int ss_flags </tt> Flags. <tt>
</tt>
</pre>
<p>The <i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> header shall define the <b>sigstack</b> structure that includes at least the following members:</p>
<pre>
<tt>int ss_onstack </tt> Non-zero when signal stack is in use. <tt>
void *ss_sp </tt> Signal stack pointer. <tt>
</tt>
</pre>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0"> The
<i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> header shall define the <b>siginfo_t</b> type as a structure that includes at least the following members:
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
<pre>
<tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int si_signo </tt> Signal number. <tt>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int si_errno </tt> If non-zero, an <i>errno</i> value associated with <tt>
</tt> this signal, as defined in <b>&lt;errno.h&gt;.</b> <tt>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int si_code </tt> Signal code. <tt>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
pid_t si_pid </tt> Sending process ID. <tt>
uid_t si_uid </tt> Real user ID of sending process. <tt>
void *si_addr </tt> Address of faulting instruction. <tt>
int si_status</tt> Exit value or signal. <tt>
long si_band </tt> Band event for SIGPOLL. <tt>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('RTS')">RTS</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
union sigval si_value </tt> Signal value. <tt>
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
</tt>
</pre>
<p>The macros specified in the <b>Code</b> column of the following table are defined for use as values of <i>si_code</i> that are
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
&nbsp;signal-specific or <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"> non-signal-specific reasons why the signal
was generated.</p>
<hr>
<center>
<table border="1" cellpadding="3" align="center">
<tr valign="top">
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Signal</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Code</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Reason</b></p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> SIGILL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_ILLOPC</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Illegal opcode.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_ILLOPN</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Illegal operand.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_ILLADR</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Illegal addressing mode.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_ILLTRP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Illegal trap.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_PRVOPC</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Privileged opcode.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_PRVREG</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Privileged register.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_COPROC</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Coprocessor error.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">ILL_BADSTK</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Internal stack error.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGFPE</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_INTDIV</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Integer divide by zero.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_INTOVF</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Integer overflow.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_FLTDIV</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Floating-point divide by zero.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_FLTOVF</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Floating-point overflow.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_FLTUND</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Floating-point underflow.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_FLTRES</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Floating-point inexact result.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_FLTINV</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Invalid floating-point operation.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">FPE_FLTSUB</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Subscript out of range.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGSEGV</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SEGV_MAPERR</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Address not mapped to object.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SEGV_ACCERR</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Invalid permissions for mapped object.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGBUS</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">BUS_ADRALN</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Invalid address alignment.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">BUS_ADRERR</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Nonexistent physical address.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">BUS_OBJERR</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Object-specific hardware error.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGTRAP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">TRAP_BRKPT</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Process breakpoint.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">TRAP_TRACE</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Process trace trap.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGCHLD</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CLD_EXITED</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Child has exited.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CLD_KILLED</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Child has terminated abnormally and did not create a <b>core</b> file.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CLD_DUMPED</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Child has terminated abnormally and created a <b>core</b> file.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CLD_TRAPPED</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Traced child has trapped.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CLD_STOPPED</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Child has stopped.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">CLD_CONTINUED</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Stopped child has continued.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGPOLL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">POLL_IN</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Data input available.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">POLL_OUT</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Output buffers available.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">POLL_MSG</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Input message available.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">POLL_ERR</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">I/O error.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">POLL_PRI</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">High priority input available.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">POLL_HUP</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Device disconnected. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]"
border="0"> Any</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SI_USER</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Signal sent by <i>kill</i>().</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SI_QUEUE</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Signal sent by the <i>sigqueue</i>().</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SI_TIMER</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Signal generated by expiration of a timer set by <i>timer_settime</i>().</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SI_ASYNCIO</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Signal generated by completion of an asynchronous I/O</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">request.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SI_MESGQ</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Signal generated by arrival of a message on an empty message</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">queue. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Implementations may support additional <i>si_code</i> values not included in this list, may generate values included in this list
under circumstances other than those described in this list, and may contain extensions or limitations that prevent some values
from being generated. Implementations do not generate a different value from the ones described in this list for circumstances
described in this list.</p>
<p>In addition, the following signal-specific information shall be available:</p>
<center>
<table border="1" cellpadding="3" align="center">
<tr valign="top">
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Signal</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Member</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Value</b></p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGILL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>void * <i>si_addr</i></b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Address of faulting instruction.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGFPE</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGSEGV</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>void * <i>si_addr</i></b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Address of faulting memory reference.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGBUS</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>&nbsp;</b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGCHLD</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>pid_t <i>si_pid</i></b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Child process ID.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>int <i>si_status</i></b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Exit value or signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>uid_t <i>si_uid</i></b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Real user ID of the process that sent the signal.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">SIGPOLL</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent"><b>long <i>si_band</i></b></p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">Band event for POLL_IN, POLL_OUT, or POLL_MSG.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
<p>For some implementations, the value of <i>si_addr</i> may be inaccurate. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]"
border="0"></p>
<p>The following shall be declared as functions and may also be defined as macros:</p>
<pre>
<tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
void (*bsd_signal(int, void (*)(int)))(int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int kill(pid_t, int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int killpg(pid_t, int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('THR')">THR</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int pthread_kill(pthread_t, int);
int pthread_sigmask(int, const sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
int raise(int);
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigaction(int, const struct sigaction *restrict,
struct sigaction *restrict);
int sigaddset(sigset_t *, int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigaltstack(const stack_t *restrict, stack_t *restrict);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigdelset(sigset_t *, int);
int sigemptyset(sigset_t *);
int sigfillset(sigset_t *);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sighold(int);
int sigignore(int);
int siginterrupt(int, int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigismember(const sigset_t *, int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
void (*signal(int, void (*)(int)))(int);
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigpause(int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigpending(sigset_t *);
int sigprocmask(int, const sigset_t *restrict, sigset_t *restrict);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('RTS')">RTS</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigqueue(pid_t, int, const union sigval);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigrelse(int);
void (*sigset(int, void (*)(int)))(int);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigsuspend(const sigset_t *);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('RTS')">RTS</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigtimedwait(const sigset_t *restrict, siginfo_t *restrict,
const struct timespec *restrict);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigwait(const sigset_t *restrict, int *restrict);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
<sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('RTS')">RTS</a>]</sup><img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
int sigwaitinfo(const sigset_t *restrict, siginfo_t *restrict);
<img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0">
</tt>
</pre>
<p><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('CX')">CX</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt="[Option Start]" border="0">
Inclusion of the <i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> header may make visible all symbols from the <a href=
"../basedefs/time.h.html"><i>&lt;time.h&gt;</i></a> header. <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_04"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_05"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_06"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_07"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="errno.h.html"><i>&lt;errno.h&gt;</i></a> , <a href="stropts.h.html"><i>&lt;stropts.h&gt;</i></a> , <a href=
"sys/types.h.html"><i>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</i></a> , <a href="time.h.html"><i>&lt;time.h&gt;</i></a> , <a href=
"ucontext.h.html"><i>&lt;ucontext.h&gt;</i></a> , the System Interfaces volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../functions/alarm.html"><i>alarm</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/bsd_signal.html"><i>bsd_signal</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/ioctl.html"><i>ioctl</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/kill.html"><i>kill</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/killpg.html"><i>killpg</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/raise.html"><i>raise</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/sigaction.html"><i>sigaction</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigaddset.html"><i>sigaddset</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/sigaltstack.html"><i>sigaltstack</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigdelset.html"><i>sigdelset</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/sigemptyset.html"><i>sigemptyset</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigfillset.html"><i>sigfillset</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/siginterrupt.html"><i>siginterrupt</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigismember.html"><i>sigismember</i>()</a>, <a
href="../functions/signal.html"><i>signal</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigpending.html"><i>sigpending</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/sigprocmask.html"><i>sigprocmask</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigqueue.html"><i>sigqueue</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/sigsuspend.html"><i>sigsuspend</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigwaitinfo.html"><i>sigwaitinfo</i>()</a>, <a href=
"../functions/wait.html"><i>wait</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/waitid.html"><i>waitid</i>()</a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_08"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>First released in Issue 1.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_09"></a>Issue 5</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The DESCRIPTION is updated for alignment with the POSIX Realtime Extension and the POSIX Threads Extension.</p>
<p>The default action for SIGURG is changed from i to iii. The function prototype for <i>sigmask</i>() is removed.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_13_43_10"></a>Issue 6</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The Open Group Corrigendum U035/2 is applied. In the DESCRIPTION, the wording for abnormal termination is clarified.</p>
<p>The Open Group Corrigendum U028/8 is applied, correcting the prototype for the <a href=
"../functions/sigset.html"><i>sigset</i>()</a> function.</p>
<p>The Open Group Corrigendum U026/3 is applied, correcting the type of the <i>sigev_notify_function</i> function member of the
<b>sigevent</b> structure.</p>
<p>The following new requirements on POSIX implementations derive from alignment with the Single UNIX Specification:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>The SIGCHLD, SIGCONT, SIGSTOP, SIGTSTP, SIGTTIN, and SIGTTOU signals are now mandated. This is also a FIPS requirement.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The <b>pid_t</b> definition is mandated.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The RT markings are now changed to RTS to denote that the semantics are part of the Realtime Signals Extension option.</p>
<p>The <b>restrict</b> keyword is added to the prototypes for <a href="../functions/sigaction.html"><i>sigaction</i>()</a>, <a
href="../functions/sigaltstack.html"><i>sigaltstack</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigprocmask.html"><i>sigprocmask</i>()</a>, <a
href="../functions/sigtimedwait.html"><i>sigtimedwait</i>()</a>, <a href="../functions/sigwait.html"><i>sigwait</i>()</a>, and <a
href="../functions/sigwaitinfo.html"><i>sigwaitinfo</i>()</a>.</p>
<p>IEEE PASC Interpretation 1003.1 #85 is applied, adding the statement that symbols from <a href=
"../basedefs/time.h.html"><i>&lt;time.h&gt;</i></a> may be made visible when <i>&lt;signal.h&gt;</i> is included.</p>
<p>Extensions beyond the ISO&nbsp;C standard are marked.</p>
</blockquote>
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