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33.Dd January 10, 1993
34.Dt SIGPENDING 2
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm sigpending
38.Nd return the set of pending signals
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Fd #include <signal.h>
41.Ft int
42.Fn sigpending "const sigset_t *set"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn sigpending
46function returns the current set of blocked signals to the location
47descibed by the single argument.
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49A 0 value indicated that the call succeeded.  A -1 return value
50indicates an error occurred and
51.Va errno
52is set to indicated the reason.
53.Sh ERRORS
54The
55.Fn sigpending
56currently only returns zero. In subsequent implementations that allow
57more than 32 signals, this may change.
58.Sh SEE ALSO
59.Xr kill 2 ,
60.Xr sigaction 2 ,
61.Xr sigsetops 3 ,
62.Xr sigsuspend 2
63.Sh STANDARDS
64The
65.Nm sigpending
66function call is expected to
67conform to
68.St -p1003.1-88 .
69