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<H1>sigprocmask(2)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
sigprocmask - manipulate the signal mask
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>#include</STRONG> <STRONG>&lt;signal.h&gt;</STRONG>
<STRONG>int</STRONG> <STRONG>sigprocmask(int</STRONG> <EM>how</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>const</STRONG> <STRONG>sigset_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>set</EM><STRONG>,</STRONG> <STRONG>sigset_t</STRONG> <STRONG>*</STRONG><EM>oset</EM><STRONG>)</STRONG>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
<STRONG>Sigprocmask()</STRONG> examines or manipulates the signal mask. This mask is the
set of signals that are currently blocked. The <EM>how</EM> argument determines
the action that must be performed. In all cases the signal set
referenced by <EM>oset</EM>, if not <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>, will be used to receive the old signal
mask. The <EM>set</EM> argument, if not <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>, will be used to set or modify the
current signal mask.
<EM>How</EM> can be one of:
<STRONG>SIG_BLOCK</STRONG> Add the signals referenced by <EM>set</EM> to the mask.
<STRONG>SIG_UNBLOCK</STRONG> Remove the signals referenced by <EM>set</EM> from the mask.
<STRONG>SIG_SETMASK</STRONG> Set the signal mask to the set referenced by <EM>set</EM>.
The value of <EM>how</EM> is ignored if <EM>set</EM> is <STRONG>NULL</STRONG>.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
<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/sigsuspend.2.html">sigsuspend(2)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man3/sigset.3.html">sigset(3)</A></STRONG>.
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<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2><PRE>
Returns <STRONG>0</STRONG> on success and <STRONG>-1</STRONG> on error. The error code is <STRONG>EFAULT</STRONG> for a bad
<EM>set</EM> or <EM>oset</EM> address, or <STRONG>EINVAL</STRONG> for a bad <EM>how</EM> argument.
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2><PRE>
Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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