sigpause(3)

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NAME

6       sigpause - atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <signal.h>
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11       int sigpause(int sigmask);  /* BSD (but see NOTES) */
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13       int sigpause(int sig);      /* System V / UNIX 95 */
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DESCRIPTION

16       Don't use this function.  Use sigsuspend(2) instead.
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18       The  function  sigpause()  is  designed  to  wait  for some signal.  It
19       changes the process's signal mask (set of blocked  signals),  and  then
20       waits  for  a signal to arrive.  Upon arrival of a signal, the original
21       signal mask is restored.
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RETURN VALUE

24       If sigpause() returns, it was interrupted by a signal  and  the  return
25       value is -1 with errno set to EINTR.
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ATTRIBUTES

28       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see at‐
29       tributes(7).
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31       ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
32       │Interface                                   │ Attribute     │ Value   │
33       ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
34       │sigpause()                                  │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
35       └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
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CONFORMING TO

38       The System V version of sigpause() is standardized in POSIX.1-2001.  It
39       is also specified in POSIX.1-2008, where it is marked obsolete.
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NOTES

42   History
43       The classical BSD version of this function appeared in 4.2BSD.  It sets
44       the process's signal mask to sigmask.  UNIX 95 standardized the  incom‐
45       patible System V version of this function, which removes only the spec‐
46       ified signal sig from the process's signal mask.  The unfortunate situ‐
47       ation  with two incompatible functions with the same name was solved by
48       the sigsuspend(2) function, that takes a sigset_t *  argument  (instead
49       of an int).
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51   Linux notes
52       On Linux, this routine is a system call only on the Sparc (sparc64) ar‐
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55       Glibc uses the BSD version if the _BSD_SOURCE feature test macro is de‐
56       fined   and  none  of  _POSIX_SOURCE,  _POSIX_C_SOURCE,  _XOPEN_SOURCE,
57       _GNU_SOURCE, or _SVID_SOURCE is defined.  Otherwise, the System V  ver‐
58       sion is used, and feature test macros must be defined as follows to ob‐
59       tain the declaration:
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63       *  Glibc 2.25 and earlier: _XOPEN_SOURCE
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65       Since glibc 2.19, only the System V version is exposed  by  <signal.h>;
66       applications that formerly used the BSD sigpause() should be amended to
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