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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2018-05-18 10:02:24 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2018-05-18 10:04:37 +0200
commit0cec24722b1cf335a79a40f373287a7953f34567 (patch)
treef1875ced0f4fd283a53488c1d9d00bd9bb3dd990 /man7
parent2ac1d1e3e72ae9aade110217050c0ed27fedef28 (diff)
downloadman-pages-0cec24722b1cf335a79a40f373287a7953f34567.tar.gz
signal.7: Clarify that sigsuspend() and pause() suspend the calling *thread*
Reported-by: Robin Kuzmin <kuzmin.robin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7')
-rw-r--r--man7/signal.74
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man7/signal.7 b/man7/signal.7
index fa8a84c8b1..9f041e43fa 100644
--- a/man7/signal.7
+++ b/man7/signal.7
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ Sends a signal to a specified thread within a specific process.
.BR sigqueue (3)
Sends a real-time signal with accompanying data to a specified process.
.SS Waiting for a signal to be caught
-The following system calls suspend execution of the calling process
-or thread until a signal is caught
+The following system calls suspend execution of the calling
+thread until a signal is caught
(or an unhandled signal terminates the process):
.TP 16
.BR pause (2)