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34.\" @(#)sigprocmask.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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36.Dd June 4, 1993
37.Dt SIGPROCMASK 2
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm sigprocmask
41.Nd manipulate current signal mask
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Fd #include <signal.h>
44.Ft int
45.Fo sigprocmask
46.Fa "int how"
47.Fa "const sigset_t *restrict set"
48.Fa "sigset_t *restrict oset"
49.Fc
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Fn sigprocmask
53function examines and/or changes the current signal mask
54(those signals that are blocked from delivery).
55Signals are blocked if they are members of the current signal mask set.
56.Pp
57If
58.Fa set
59is not null, the action of
60.Fn sigprocmask
61depends on the value of the parameter
62.Fa how .
63The signal mask is changed as a function of the specified
64.Fa set
65and the current mask.
66The function is specified by
67.Fa how
68using one of the following values from
69.Aq Pa signal.h :
70.Bl -tag -width SIG_UNBLOCK
71.It Dv SIG_BLOCK
72The new mask is the union of the current mask and the specified
73.Fa set .
74.It Dv SIG_UNBLOCK
75The new mask is the intersection of the current mask
76and the complement of the specified
77.Fa set .
78.It Dv SIG_SETMASK
79The current mask is replaced by the specified
80.Fa set .
81.El
82.Pp
83If
84.Fa oset
85is not null, it is set to
86the previous value of the signal mask.
87When
88.Fa set
89is null,
90the value of
91.Ar how
92is insignificant and the mask remains unset
93providing a way to examine the signal mask without modification.
94.Pp
95The system
96quietly disallows
97.Dv SIGKILL
98or
99.Dv SIGSTOP
100to be blocked.
101.Sh RETURN VALUES
102A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded. A -1 return value
103indicates an error occurred and
104.Va errno
105is set to indicated the reason.
106.Sh ERRORS
107The
108.Fn sigprocmask
109call will fail and the signal mask will be unchanged if one
110of the following occurs:
111.Bl -tag -width Er
112.\" ===========
113.It Bq Er EINVAL
114.Fa how
115has a value other than those listed here.
116.El
117.Sh SEE ALSO
118.Xr kill 2 ,
119.Xr sigaction 2 ,
120.Xr sigsuspend 2 ,
121.Xr sigsetops 3
122.Sh STANDARDS
123The
124.Fn sigprocmask
125function call is expected to
126conform to
127.St -p1003.1-88 .