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HP-UX Reference Volume 3 of 5 > s
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NAMEsigsuspend — wait for a signal DESCRIPTIONThe sigsuspend() function replaces the process' current signal mask with the set of signals pointed to by sigmask and then suspends the process until delivery of a signal whose action is either to execute a signal-catching function or to terminate the process. If the action is to terminate the process then sigsuspend() will never return. If the action is to execute a signal-catching function, then sigsuspend() will return after the signal-catching function returns, with the signal mask restored to the set that existed prior to the sigsuspend() call. It is not possible to block signals that cannot be ignored. This is enforced by the system without causing an error to be indicated. RETURN VALUESince sigsuspend() suspends process execution indefinitely, there is no successful completion return value. If a return occurs, -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORSThe sigsuspend() function will fail if:
APPLICATION USAGEThreads ConsiderationsSince blocked signal masks are maintained at the thread level, sigsuspend() modifies only the calling thread's blocked signal mask. sigsuspend() suspends only the calling thread until it receives a signal. If other threads in the process do not block the signal, the signal may be delivered to another thread in the process and the thread in sigsuspend() may continue waiting. For this reason, the use of sigwait(2) is recommended instead of sigsuspend() for multi-threaded applications. For more information regarding signals and threads, refer to signal(5). CHANGE HISTORYFirst released in Issue 3. Entry included for alignment with the POSIX.1-1988 standard. Issue 4The following change is incorporated for alignment with the ISO POSIX-1 standard:
Another change is incorporated as follows:
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