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37.\" @(#)sigpending.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
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39.Dd January 12, 1994
40.Dt SIGPENDING 2
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm sigpending
44.Nd get pending signals
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.Fd #include <signal.h>
47.Ft int
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48.Fo sigpending
49.Fa "sigset_t *set"
50.Fc
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51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Nm sigpending
54function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
55to the calling process in the location indicated by
56.Fa set .
57Signals may be pending because they are currently masked,
58or transiently before delivery (although the latter case is not
59normally detectable).
60.Sh RETURN VALUES
61A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded. A \-1 return value
62indicates an error occurred and
63.Va errno
64is set to indicated the reason.
65.Sh ERRORS
66The
67.Nm sigpending
68function does not currently detect any errors.
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr sigaction 2 ,
71.Xr sigprocmask 2
72.Sh STANDARDS
73The
74.Nm sigpending
75function is defined by
76.St -p1003.1-88 .