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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2010-06-12 14:53:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2010-06-12 14:53:29 +0200 |
| commit | 7edfdaca06f086b785b25a61ded5840d2af6866c (patch) | |
| tree | c3b4776b568061ac310384786f8e2fb3aef5a687 /man7/signal.7 | |
| parent | 8d4eb5f87ecfba2012cbab767c87df538306312c (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-7edfdaca06f086b785b25a61ded5840d2af6866c.tar.gz | |
signal.7: Make a clearer statement about nonportable aspect of signal(2)
Make a clearer statement that signal(2) is less portable for
establishing a signal handler.
Reported-by: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/signal.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/signal.7 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7 index bc1e72ecb7..d67c8937f4 100644 --- a/man7/signal.7 +++ b/man7/signal.7 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .\" Added section on stop/cont signals interrupting syscalls. .\" 2008-10-05, mtk: various additions .\" -.TH SIGNAL 7 2010-02-03 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SIGNAL 7 2010-06-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME signal \- overview of signals .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -69,8 +69,12 @@ Default action is to continue the process if it is currently stopped. .PP A process can change the disposition of a signal using .BR sigaction (2) -or (less portably) +or .BR signal (2). +(The latter is less portable when establishing a signal handler; +see +.BR signal (2) +for details.) Using these system calls, a process can elect one of the following behaviors to occur on delivery of the signal: perform the default action; ignore the signal; |