1GSIGNAL(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                GSIGNAL(3)
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NAME

6       gsignal, ssignal - software signal facility
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <signal.h>
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11       typedef void (*sighandler_t)(int);
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13       int gsignal(int signum);
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15       sighandler_t ssignal(int signum, sighandler_t action);
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17   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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19       gsignal(), ssignal():
20           Since glibc 2.19:
21               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
22           Glibc 2.19 and earlier:
23               _SVID_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

26       Don't  use  these  functions under Linux.  Due to a historical mistake,
27       under Linux these functions are aliases  for  raise(3)  and  signal(2),
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30       Elsewhere, on System V-like systems, these functions implement software
31       signaling, entirely independent of the classical signal(2) and  kill(2)
32       functions.   The function ssignal() defines the action to take when the
33       software signal with number signum is raised using the  function  gsig‐
34       nal(),  and  returns the previous such action or SIG_DFL.  The function
35       gsignal() does the following: if no action (or the action SIG_DFL)  was
36       specified  for  signum,  then  it  does  nothing and returns 0.  If the
37       action SIG_IGN was specified for  signum,  then  it  does  nothing  and
38       returns  1.   Otherwise,  it resets the action to SIG_DFL and calls the
39       action function with argument signum, and returns the value returned by
40       that  function.  The range of possible values signum varies (often 1–15
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ATTRIBUTES

44       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
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47       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────┐
48       │Interface │ Attribute     │ Value           │
49       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┤
50       │gsignal() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe         │
51       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────┤
52       │ssignal() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe sigintr │
53       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────┘
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CONFORMING TO

56       These  functions  are  available under AIX, DG/UX, HP-UX, SCO, Solaris,
57       Tru64.  They are called obsolete under most of these systems,  and  are
58       broken  under Linux libc and glibc.  Some systems also have gsignal_r()
59       and ssignal_r().
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SEE ALSO

62       kill(2), signal(2), raise(3)
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COLOPHON

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