4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat3/siginterrupt.0

SIGINTERRUPT(3)             BSD Programmer's Manual            SIGINTERRUPT(3)

NNAAMMEE
     ssiiggiinntteerrrruupptt - allow signals to interrupt system calls

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
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     _i_n_t
     ssiiggiinntteerrrruupptt(_i_n_t _s_i_g, _i_n_t _f_l_a_g);

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
     The ssiiggiinntteerrrruupptt() function is used to change the system call restart be-
     havior when a system call is interrupted by the specified signal.  If the
     flag is false (0), then system calls will be restarted if they are inter-
     rupted by the specified signal and no data has been transferred yet.
     System call restart is the default behavior on 4.2BSD.

     If the flag is true (1), then restarting of system calls is disabled.  If
     a system call is interrupted by the specified signal and no data has been
     transferred, the system call will return -1 with the global variable
     _e_r_r_n_o set to EINTR. Interrupted system calls that have started transfer-
     ring data will return the amount of data actually transferred.  System
     call interrupt is the signal behavior found on 4.1BSD and AT&T System V
     UNIX systems.

     Note that the new 4.2BSD signal handling semantics are not altered in any
     other way.  Most notably, signal handlers always remain installed until
     explicitly changed by a subsequent sigaction(2) call, and the signal mask
     operates as documented in sigaction(2).  Programs may switch between
     restartable and interruptible system call operation as often as desired
     in the execution of a program.

     Issuing a ssiiggiinntteerrrruupptt(_3) call during the execution of a signal handler
     will cause the new action to take place on the next signal to be caught.

NNOOTTEESS
     This library routine uses an extension of the sigaction(2) system call
     that is not available in 4.2BSD, hence it should not be used if backward
     compatibility is needed.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEESS
     A 0 value indicates that the call succeeded.  A -1 value indicates that
     an invalid signal number has been supplied.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
     sigaction(2),  sigblock(2),  sigpause(2),  sigsetmask(2).

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     The ssiiggiinntteerrrruupptt() function appeared in 4.3BSD.

4.3 Berkeley Distribution        June 4, 1993                                1