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30 .Dd September 25, 2007
31 .Dt RAISE_DEFAULT_SIGNAL 3
34 .Nm raise_default_signal
35 .Nd raise the default signal handler
41 .Fo raise_default_signal
46 .Fn raise_default_signal
47 function raises the default signal handler for the signal
49 This function may be used by a user-defined signal handler router
50 to ensure that a parent process receives the correct notification
51 of a process termination by a signal.
52 This can be used to avoid a common programming mistake
53 when terminating a process from a custom
59 The operations performed are:
60 .Bl -enum -offset indent
62 Block all signals, using
65 Set the signal handler for signal
67 to the default signal handler
78 Restore the original signal mask and handler,
79 even if there was a failure.
84 for a table of signals and default actions.
87 .Fn raise_default_signal
88 function should be async-signal-safe.
90 Upon successful completion, a value of 0 is returned.
91 Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and the global variable
93 is set to indicate the error.
96 .Fn raise_default_signal
97 function may fail and set
99 for any of the errors specified for the functions
114 .Fn raise_default_signal
115 function first appeared in