02-19-2008
It compiles a table of symbols into the object file - function entry points - then in the link step it looks in the object file first (the output from the compile step) then it looks in external libraries to resolve the symbol.
This is why it is bad idea to write your own function with a name matching one of the standard library functions - printf(), strcmp(), etc.
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LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
siginterrupt
SIGINTERRUPT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual SIGINTERRUPT(3)
NAME
siginterrupt -- allow signals to interrupt system calls
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
int
siginterrupt(int sig, int flag);
DESCRIPTION
The siginterrupt() function is used to change the system call restart behavior when a system call is interrupted by the specified signal. If
the flag is false (0), then system calls will be restarted if they are interrupted by the specified signal and no data has been transferred
yet. System call restart is the default behavior on 4.2BSD.
If the flag is true (1), then restarting of system calls is disabled. If a system call is interrupted by the specified signal and no data
has been transferred, the system call will return -1 with the global variable errno set to EINTR. Interrupted system calls that have started
transferring data will return the amount of data actually transferred. System call interrupt is the signal behavior found on 4.1BSD and AT&T
System V UNIX systems.
Note that the new 4.2BSD signal handling semantics are not altered in any other way. Most notably, signal handlers always remain installed
until explicitly changed by a subsequent sigaction(2) call, and the signal mask operates as documented in sigaction(2). Programs may switch
between restartable and interruptible system call operation as often as desired in the execution of a program.
Issuing a siginterrupt(3) call during the execution of a signal handler will cause the new action to take place on the next signal to be
caught.
NOTES
This library routine uses an extension of the sigaction(2) system call that is not available in 4.2BSD, hence it should not be used if back-
ward compatibility is needed.
RETURN VALUES
A 0 value indicates that the call succeeded. A -1 value indicates that an invalid signal number has been supplied.
SEE ALSO
sigaction(2), sigprocmask(2), sigsuspend(2)
HISTORY
The siginterrupt() function appeared in 4.3BSD.
BSD
June 4, 1993 BSD