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NAME

ssignal(), gsignal() — software signals

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int (*ssignal(int sig, int (*action)(int)))(int);

int gsignal(int sig);

DESCRIPTION

ssignal() and gsignal() implement a software facility similar to signal(5). This facility is used by the Standard C Library to enable users to indicate the disposition of error conditions, and is also made available to users for their own purposes.

Software signals made available to users are associated with integers in the inclusive range 1 through 15. A call to ssignal() associates a procedure, action, with the software signal sig; the software signal, sig, is raised by a call to gsignal(). Raising a software signal causes the action established for that signal to be taken.

The first argument to ssignal() is a number identifying the type of signal for which an action is to be established. The second argument defines the action; it is either the name of a (user-defined) action function or one of the manifest constants SIG_DFL (default) or SIG_IGN (ignore). ssignal() returns the action previously established for that signal type; if no action has been established or the signal number is illegal, ssignal() returns SIG_DFL.

gsignal() raises the signal identified by its argument, sig:

  • If an action function has been established for sig, that action is reset to SIG_DFL and the action function is entered with argument sig. gsignal() returns the value returned to it by the action function.

  • If the action for sig is SIG_IGN, gsignal() returns the value 1 and takes no other action.

  • If the action for sig is SIG_DFL, gsignal() returns the value 0 and takes no other action.

  • If sig has an illegal value or no action was ever specified for sig, gsignal() returns the value 0 and takes no other action.

NOTES

Some additional signals with numbers outside the range 1 through 15 are used by the Standard C Library to indicate error conditions. Those signal numbers outside the range 1 through 15 are legal, although their use may interfere with the operation of the Standard C Library.

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

ssignal(): SVID2, SVID3, XPG2

gsignal(): SVID2, SVID3, XPG2

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