SIGSETMASK(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					     SIGSETMASK(3)

NAME

     sigsetmask -- set current signal mask

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <signal.h>

     int
     sigsetmask(int mask);

     sigmask(signum);

DESCRIPTION

     This interface is made obsolete by: sigprocmask(2).

     sigsetmask() sets the current signal mask Signals are blocked from delivery if the corresponding bit in mask is a 1; the macro sigmask() is
     provided to construct the mask for a given signum.

     The system quietly disallows SIGKILL or SIGSTOP to be blocked.

RETURN VALUES

     The previous set of masked signals is returned.

EXAMPLES

     The following example using sigsetmask():

	   int omask;

	   omask = sigblock(sigmask(SIGINT) | sigmask(SIGHUP));

	   ...

	   sigsetmask(omask & ~(sigmask(SIGINT) | sigmask(SIGHUP)));

     Could be converted literally to:

	   sigset_t set, oset;

	   sigemptyset(&set);
	   sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
	   sigaddset(&set, SIGHUP);
	   sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, &oset);

	   ...

	   sigdelset(&oset, SIGINT);
	   sigdelset(&oset, SIGHUP);
	   sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oset, NULL);

     Another, clearer, alternative is:

	   sigset_t set;

	   sigemptyset(&set);
	   sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
	   sigaddset(&set, SIGHUP);
	   sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);

	   ...

	   sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);

     To completely clear the signal mask using sigsetmask() one can do:

	   (void) sigsetmask(0);

     Which can be expressed via sigprocmask(2) as:

	   sigset_t eset;

	   sigemptyset(&eset);
	   (void) sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &eset, NULL);

SEE ALSO

     kill(2), sigaction(2), sigprocmask(2), sigsuspend(2), sigblock(3), sigsetops(3), sigvec(3)

HISTORY

     The sigsetmask() function call appeared in 4.2BSD and has been deprecated.

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								  August 10, 2002							       BSD