sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigismember - POSIX signal set operations
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
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│ sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(), sigdelset(), sigismember(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
│ sigisemptyset(), sigorset(), sigandset() │ │ │
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Description
These functions allow the manipulation of POSIX signal sets.
sigemptyset() initializes the signal set given by set to empty, with all signals excluded from the set.
sigfillset() initializes set to full, including all signals.
sigaddset() and sigdelset() add and delete respectively signal signum from set.
sigismember() tests whether signum is a member of set.
Objects of type sigset_t must be initialized by a call to either sigemptyset() or sigfillset() before
being passed to the functions sigaddset(), sigdelset(), and sigismember() or the additional glibc
functions described below (sigisemptyset(), sigandset(), and sigorset()). The results are undefined if
this is not done.
Errors
EINVALsignum is not a valid signal.
History
POSIX.1-2001.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
sigemptyset, sigfillset, sigaddset, sigdelset, sigismember - POSIX signal set operations
Notes
When creating a filled signal set, the glibc sigfillset() function does not include the two real-time
signals used internally by the NPTL threading implementation. See nptl(7) for details.
Return Value
sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(), and sigdelset() return 0 on success and -1 on error.
sigismember() returns 1 if signum is a member of set, 0 if signum is not a member, and -1 on error.
On error, these functions set errno to indicate the error.
See Also
sigaction(2), sigpending(2), sigprocmask(2), sigsuspend(2) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 SIGSETOPS(3)
Standards
POSIX.1-2008.
Synopsis
#include<signal.h>intsigemptyset(sigset_t*set);intsigfillset(sigset_t*set);intsigaddset(sigset_t*set,intsignum);intsigdelset(sigset_t*set,intsignum);intsigismember(constsigset_t*set,intsignum); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)): sigemptyset(), sigfillset(), sigaddset(), sigdelset(), sigismember(): _POSIX_C_SOURCE
Versions
GNU
If the _GNU_SOURCE feature test macro is defined, then <signal.h> exposes three other functions for
manipulating signal sets:
intsigisemptyset(constsigset_t*set);intsigorset(sigset_t*dest,constsigset_t*left,constsigset_t*right);intsigandset(sigset_t*dest,constsigset_t*left,constsigset_t*right);sigisemptyset() returns 1 if set contains no signals, and 0 otherwise.
sigorset() places the union of the sets left and right in dest. sigandset() places the intersection of
the sets left and right in dest. Both functions return 0 on success, and -1 on failure.
These functions are nonstandard (a few other systems provide similar functions) and their use should be
avoided in portable applications.
