PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       siginterrupt — allow signals to interrupt functions

SYNOPSIS

       #include <signal.h>

       int siginterrupt(int sig, int flag);

DESCRIPTION

       The  siginterrupt()  function  shall  change  the  restart  behavior  when  a  function is
       interrupted by the specified signal. The function siginterrupt(sig, flag) has an effect as
       if implemented as:

           int siginterrupt(int sig, int flag) {
               int ret;
               struct sigaction act;

               (void) sigaction(sig, NULL, &act);
               if (flag)
                   act.sa_flags &= ~SA_RESTART;
               else
                   act.sa_flags |= SA_RESTART;
               ret = sigaction(sig, &act, NULL);
               return ret;
           }

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, siginterrupt() shall return 0; otherwise, −1 shall be returned
       and errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The siginterrupt() function shall fail if:

       EINVAL The sig argument is not a valid signal number.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       The siginterrupt() function supports programs written  to  historical  system  interfaces.
       Applications  should  use  the  sigaction()  with  the  SA_RESTART  flag  instead  of  the
       obsolescent siginterrupt() function.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Section 2.4, Signal Concepts, sigaction()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <signal.h>

COPYRIGHT

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       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
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       POSIX.1-2008 with the  2013  Technical  Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the  event  of  any
       discrepancy  between  this  version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the
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