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36 .Nd set current signal mask
42 .Fn sigsetmask "int mask"
46 This interface is made obsolete by:
51 sets the current signal mask.
52 Signals are blocked from delivery if the
57 is provided to construct the mask for a given
67 The previous set of masked signals is returned.
69 The following example using
71 .Bd -literal -offset indent
74 omask = sigblock(sigmask(SIGINT) | sigmask(SIGHUP));
78 sigsetmask(omask & ~(sigmask(SIGINT) | sigmask(SIGHUP)));
81 Could be converted literally to:
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86 sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
87 sigaddset(&set, SIGHUP);
88 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, &oset);
92 sigdelset(&oset, SIGINT);
93 sigdelset(&oset, SIGHUP);
94 sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &oset, NULL);
97 Another, clearer, alternative is:
98 .Bd -literal -offset indent
102 sigaddset(&set, SIGINT);
103 sigaddset(&set, SIGHUP);
104 sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
108 sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
111 To completely clear the signal mask using
114 .Bd -literal -offset indent
115 (void) sigsetmask(0);
118 Which can be expressed via
121 .Bd -literal -offset indent
125 (void) sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &eset, NULL);
138 function call appeared in
140 and has been deprecated.