bsd/man/man2/sigpending.2

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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
  48 .Fo sigpending
  49 .Fa "sigset_t *set"
  50 .Fc
  51 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  52 The
  53 .Nm sigpending
  54 function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
  55 to the calling process in the location indicated by
  56 .Fa set .
  57 Signals may be pending because they are currently masked,
  58 or transiently before delivery (although the latter case is not
  59 normally detectable).
  60 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  61 A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded.  A \-1 return value
  62 indicates an error occurred and
  63 .Va errno
  64 is set to indicated the reason.
  65 .Sh ERRORS
  66 The
  67 .Nm sigpending
  68 function does not currently detect any errors.
  69 .Sh SEE ALSO
  70 .Xr sigaction 2 ,
  71 .Xr sigprocmask 2
  72 .Sh STANDARDS
  73 The
  74 .Nm sigpending
  75 function is defined by
  76 .St -p1003.1-88 .