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36.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2015 $
37.Dt SIGPENDING 2
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm sigpending
41.Nd get pending signals
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In signal.h
44.Ft int
45.Fn sigpending "sigset_t *set"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Fn sigpending
49function returns a mask of the signals pending for delivery
50to the calling process in the location indicated by
51.Fa set .
52Signals may be pending because they are currently masked,
53or transiently before delivery (although the latter case is not
54normally detectable).
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56.Rv -std
57.Sh ERRORS
58The
59.Fn sigpending
60function does not currently detect any errors.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr sigaction 2 ,
63.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
64.Xr sigsetops 3
65.Sh STANDARDS
66The
67.Fn sigpending
68function is defined by
69.St -p1003.1-2008 .
70