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Diffstat (limited to 'man3/siginterrupt.3')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/siginterrupt.3 b/man3/siginterrupt.3 index a62d9ee99b..498942bdc2 100644 --- a/man3/siginterrupt.3 +++ b/man3/siginterrupt.3 @@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ siginterrupt \- allow signals to interrupt system calls .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR siginterrupt () -function changes the restart behaviour when +function changes the restart behavior when a system call is interrupted by the signal \fIsig\fP. If the \fIflag\fP argument is false (0), then system calls will be restarted if interrupted by the specified signal \fIsig\fP. -This is the default behaviour in Linux. +This is the default behavior in Linux. However, when a new signal handler is specified with the .BR signal (2) function, the system call is interrupted by default. |