.TH SIGSUSPEND 2

.SH NAME

sigsuspend \- suspend until signalled

.SH SYNOPSIS

.ft B

#include <signal.h>

int sigsuspend(const sigset_t *\fIset\fP)

.ft P

.SH DESCRIPTION

.B Sigsuspend()

installs the signal mask referenced by

.I set

and suspends the process until signalled. The signal is handled, the signal

mask is restored to the value it had before the

.B sigsuspend()

call and call returns.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.BR pause (2),

.BR sigaction (2),

.BR sigpending (2),

.BR sigprocmask (2),

.BR sigset (3).

.SH DIAGNOSTICS

.B Sigsuspend()

never returns normally, so it always returns

.BR \-1 .

The error code is either

.B EINTR

indicating that a signal has arrived, or

.B EFAULT

for a bad

.I set

address.

.SH AUTHOR

Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

.\"

.\" $PchId: sigsuspend.2,v 1.2 1996/04/11 06:02:41 philip Exp $