netbsd man page for sigrelse

Query: sigrelse

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SIGRELSE(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					       SIGRELSE(3)

NAME
sigrelse -- manipulate current signal mask
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h> int sigrelse(int sig);
DESCRIPTION
This interface is made obsolete by sigprocmask(2). The sigrelse() function removes the signal sig from the calling process' signal mask.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the sigrelse() function returns 0. Otherwise -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The sigrelse() function will fail if: [EINVAL] The argument sig is not a valid signal number.
SEE ALSO
sigprocmask(2), sighold(3)
STANDARDS
The sigrelse() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1''). It was however marked as obsolete in the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1'') revision of the standard.
BSD
April 30, 2010 BSD
Related Man Pages
sigignore(2) - debian
sigpause(2) - freebsd
sighold(2) - freebsd
sigrelse(2) - freebsd
xsi_sigpause(2) - freebsd
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