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33 .\" @(#)sigpending.2 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
40 .Nd get pending signals
46 .Fn sigpending "sigset_t *set"
50 function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
51 to the calling process in the location indicated by
53 Signals may be pending because they are currently masked,
54 or they are in transition before delivery (although the latter case is not
57 A 0 value indicates that the call succeeded.
58 A \-1 return value indicates an error occurred and
60 is set to indicate the reason.
67 specifies an invalid address.