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SIGRELSE(3) Library Functions Manual SIGRELSE(3)

NAME

sigrelse — manipulate current signal mask

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int
sigrelse(int sig);

DESCRIPTION

This interface is made obsolete by sigprocmask(2).

The sigrelse() function removes the signal sig from the calling process' signal mask.

RETURN VALUES

If successful, the sigrelse() function returns 0. Otherwise -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The sigrelse() function will fail if:
[EINVAL]
The argument sig is not a valid signal number.

SEE ALSO

sigprocmask(2), sighold(3)

STANDARDS

The sigrelse() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”). It was however marked as obsolete in the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”) revision of the standard.
April 30, 2010 NetBSD 7.0
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