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SGETMASK(2) Linux Programmer's Manual SGETMASK(2)
sgetmask, ssetmask - manipulation of signal mask (obsolete)
long sgetmask(void);
long ssetmask(long newmask);
These system calls are obsolete. Do not use them; use sigprocmask(2) instead.
sgetmask() returns the signal mask of the calling process.
ssetmask() sets the signal mask of the calling process to the value given in
newmask. The previous signal mask is returned.
The signal masks dealt with by these two system calls are plain bit masks
(unlike the sigset_t used by sigprocmask(2)); use sigmask(3) to create and
inspect these masks.
sgetmask() always successfully returns the signal mask. ssetmask() always
succeeds, and returns the previous signal mask.
These system calls always succeed.
These system calls are Linux-specific.
Glibc does not provide wrappers for these system calls; use syscall(2).
These system calls are unaware of signal numbers greater than 31 (i.e., real-
time signals).
It is not possible to block SIGSTOP or SIGKILL.
sigprocmask(2), signal(7)
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