rt_sigaction

RT_SIGACTION(2)		   Linux Programmer’s Guide	      RT_SIGACTION(2)



NAME
       rt_sigaction - Alter an action taken by a process

SYNOPSIS
       long sys_rt_sigaction (int sig, const struct sigaction *act,
			      struct sigaction *oact, size_t sigsetsize);


DESCRIPTION
       rt_sigaction alters an action taken by a process on receipt of a	 par-
       ticular	signal.	 The  action is specified by the sigaction structure.
       The previous action on the signal is saved in oact. sigsetsize  should
       indicate the size of a sigset_t type.


RETURN VALUE
       rt_sigaction returns 0 on success; otherwise, rt_sigaction returns one
       of the errors listed in the "Errors" section.


ERRORS
       -EINVAL
	      sigsetsize was not equivalent to the size of a sigset_t type.


       -EFAULT
	      An invalid act or oact value was specified.


SEE ALSO
       rt_sigpending(2),  rt_sigprocmask(2),  rt_sigqueueinfo(2),   rt_sigre-
       turn(2), rt_sigsuspend(2), rt_sigtimedwait(2)


AUTHOR
       Niki Rahimi



Linux 2.6			2004-March-12		      RT_SIGACTION(2)