sigpending()

NAME

sigpending() - get pending signals

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

int sigpending(sigset_t *set)

DESCRIPTION

The sigpending(2) function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery to the calling process in the location indicated by set. Signals may be pending because they are currently masked, or transiently before delivery (although the latter case is not normally detectable).

RETURN VALUES

A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded. A -1 return value indicates an error occurred and errno is set to indicated the reason.

ERRORS

The sigpending(2) function detects the following error:

[EFAULT]
The value of set is an invalid pointer.

SEE ALSO

sigaction(2)

sigprocmask(2)