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PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)	     Library Functions Manual	      PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)

NAME
     pthread_sigmask -- examine and/or change a thread's signal mask

LIBRARY
     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>
     #include <signal.h>

     int
     pthread_sigmask(int how, const sigset_t * restrict set,
	 sigset_t * restrict oset);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_sigmask() function examines and/or changes the calling thread's
     signal mask.

     If  set  is not NULL, it specifies a set of signals to be modified, and how
     specifies what to set the signal mask to:

     SIG_BLOCK	  Union of the current mask and set.

     SIG_UNBLOCK  Intersection of the current mask and the complement of set.

     SIG_SETMASK  set.

     If oset is not NULL, the previous signal mask is  stored  in  the	location
     pointed to by oset.

     SIGKILL  and SIGSTOP cannot be blocked, and will be silently ignored if in-
     cluded in the signal mask.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, pthread_sigmask() returns 0.  Otherwise,  an  error  is  re-
     turned.

ERRORS
     The pthread_sigmask() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]		how is not one of the defined values.

SEE ALSO
     sigaction(2), sigpending(2), sigprocmask(2), sigsuspend(2), sigsetops(3)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_sigmask() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 ("POSIX.1")

FreeBSD ports 15.1		February 19, 2011	      PTHREAD_SIGMASK(3)

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