NAME
	  sigsuspend - Atomically changes the set of blocked signals
	  and waits for	a signal

     LIBRARY
	  Standard C Library (libc.a)

     SYNOPSIS
	  #include <signal.h>

	  int sigsuspend (
	       sigset_t	*signal_mask );

     PARAMETERS
	  signal_mask
	       Points to a set of signals.

     DESCRIPTION
	  The sigsuspend() function replaces the signal	mask of	the
	  process with the set of signals pointed to by	the
	  signal_mask parameter, and then suspends execution of	the
	  process until	delivery of a signal whose action is either to
	  execute a signal-catching function or	to terminate the pro-
	  cess.	 The sigsuspend() function does	not allow the SIGKILL
	  or SIGSTOP signals to	be blocked.  If	a program attempts to
	  block	one of these signals, the sigsuspend() function	gives
	  no indication	of the error.

	  If delivery of a signal causes the process to	terminate, the
	  sigsuspend() function	does not return. If delivery of	a sig-
	  nal causes a signal-catching function	to execute, the	sig-
	  suspend() function returns after the signal-catching func-
	  tion returns,	with the signal	mask restored to the set that
	  existed prior	to the call to the sigsuspend()	function.

	  The sigsuspend() function sets the signal mask and waits for
	  an unblocked signal as one atomic operation. This means that
	  signals cannot occur between the operations of setting the
	  mask and waiting for a signal.  If a program invokes
	  sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK) and sigpause() separately, a	signal
	  that occurs between these functions might not	be noticed by
	  sigpause().

	  In normal usage, a signal is blocked by using	the
	  sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,...)  function at the beginning	of a
	  critical section. The	process	then determines	whether	there
	  is work for it to do.	If no work is to be done, the process
	  waits	for work by calling the	sigsuspend() function with the
	  mask previously returned by the sigprocmask()	function.

     NOTES
	  The sigpause() function is provided for compatibility	with
	  older	UNIX systems; its function is a	subset of the sig-
	  suspend() function.

	  AES Support Level: Full use

     RETURN VALUES
	  If a signal is caught	by the calling process and control is
	  returned from	the signal handler, the	calling	process
	  resumes execution after the sigsuspend() function, which
	  always return	a value	of -1 and sets errno to	[EINTR].

     RELATED INFORMATION
	  Functions: pause(3), sigaction(2), sigblock(2),
	  sigprocmask(2), sigvec(2)






































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