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30.Dd April 30, 2010
31.Dt SIGHOLD 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sighold
35.Nd manipulate current signal mask
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In signal.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn sighold "int sig"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43.Bf -symbolic
44This interface is made obsolete by
45.Xr sigprocmask 2 .
46.Ef
47.Pp
48The
49.Fn sighold
50function adds the signal
51.Fa sig
52to the calling process' signal mask.
53.Sh RETURN VALUES
54If successful, the
55.Fn sighold
56function returns 0.
57Otherwise \-1 is returned and
58.Va errno
59is set to indicate the error.
60.Sh ERRORS
61The
62.Fn sighold
63function will fail if:
64.Bl -tag -width Er
65.It Bq Er EINVAL
66The argument
67.Fa sig
68is not a valid signal number.
69.El
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
72.Xr sigrelse 3
73.Sh STANDARDS
74The
75.Fn sighold
76function conforms to
77.St -p1003.1-2001 .
78It was however marked as obsolete in the
79.St -p1003.1-2008
80revision of the standard.
81