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Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2003
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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
signal - signal management
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
void (*signal(int sig, void (*func)(int)))(int);
DESCRIPTION
Use
of this function is unspecified in a multi-threaded process.
The signal() function chooses one of three ways in which receipt
of the signal number sig is to be subsequently
handled. If the value of func is SIG_DFL, default handling for
that signal shall occur. If the value of func is
SIG_IGN, the signal shall be ignored. Otherwise, the application shall
ensure that func points to a function to be called
when that signal occurs. An invocation of such a function because
of a signal, or (recursively) of any further functions called by
that invocation (other than functions in the standard library), is
called a "signal handler".
When a signal occurs, and func points to a function, it is implementation-defined
whether the equivalent of a:
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signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
is executed or the implementation prevents some implementation-defined
set of signals (at least including sig) from
occurring until the current signal handling has completed. (If the
value of sig is SIGILL, the implementation may
alternatively define that no action is taken.) Next the equivalent
of:
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(*func)(sig);
is executed. If and when the function returns, if the value of sig
was SIGFPE, SIGILL, or SIGSEGV or any other
implementation-defined value corresponding to a computational exception,
the behavior is undefined. Otherwise, the program shall
resume execution at the point it was interrupted. If the signal occurs
as the result of calling the abort(), raise(), kill(),
pthread_kill(), or sigqueue() function, the
signal handler shall not call the raise() function.
If the signal occurs other than as the result of calling abort(),
raise(), kill(), pthread_kill(), or sigqueue(),
the behavior is undefined if the signal handler refers to any
object with static storage duration other than by assigning a value
to an object declared as volatile sig_atomic_t, or if
the signal handler calls any function in the standard library other
than one of the functions listed in Signal Concepts . Furthermore,
if such a call fails, the value of errno is
unspecified.
At program start-up, the equivalent of:
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signal(sig, SIG_IGN);
is executed for some signals, and the equivalent of:
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signal(sig, SIG_DFL);
is executed for all other signals (see exec).
RETURN VALUE
If the request can be honored, signal() shall return the value
of func for the most recent call to signal()
for the specified signal sig. Otherwise, SIG_ERR shall be returned
and a positive value shall be stored in errno.
ERRORS
The signal() function shall fail if:
- EINVAL
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The sig argument is not a valid signal number or an attempt
is made to catch a signal that cannot be caught or ignore a
signal that cannot be ignored.
The signal() function may fail if:
- EINVAL
-
An
attempt was made to set the action to SIG_DFL for a signal that cannot
be caught or ignored (or both).
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
The sigaction() function provides a more comprehensive and reliable
mechanism
for controlling signals; new applications should use sigaction()
rather than
signal().
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
Signal Concepts, exec(), pause(), sigaction(),
sigsuspend(), waitid(), the Base Definitions volume
of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <signal.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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- NAME
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUE
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- ERRORS
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- EXAMPLES
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- APPLICATION USAGE
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- RATIONALE
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- FUTURE DIRECTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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