1SETJMP(3)                  Library Functions Manual                  SETJMP(3)
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NAME

6       setjmp, longjmp - non-local goto
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <setjmp.h>
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11       setjmp(env)
12       jmp_buf env;
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14       longjmp(env, val)
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DESCRIPTION

18       These  routines  are  useful  for  dealing  with  errors and interrupts
19       encountered in a low-level subroutine of a program.
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21       Setjmp saves its stack environment in env for later use by longjmp.  It
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24       Longjmp  restores the environment saved by the last call of setjmp.  It
25       then returns in such a way that execution continues as if the  call  of
26       setjmp  had  just  returned  the value val to the function that invoked
27       setjmp, which must not itself have returned in the interim.  All acces‐
28       sible data have values as of the time longjmp was called.
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SEE ALSO

31       signal(2)
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