From 4c5bcd47bf819d8cdedcdb354347c293fde5f3fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:49:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] sigaction.2: refer to signal(7) for more details on signal mask. Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man2/sigprocmask.2 | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/sigprocmask.2 b/man2/sigprocmask.2 index e1b5538e7..ec291f8bc 100644 --- a/man2/sigprocmask.2 +++ b/man2/sigprocmask.2 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" 2005-09-15, mtk, Created new page by splitting off from sigaction.2 .\" -.TH SIGPROCMASK 2 2008-08-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH SIGPROCMASK 2 2008-10-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME sigprocmask \- examine and change blocked signals .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 1 || _XOPEN_SOURCE || _POSIX_SOURCE .ad b .SH DESCRIPTION .BR sigprocmask () -is used to change the signal mask, the set of currently blocked signals. +is used to change the signal mask, +the set of signals whose delivery is currently blocked for the caller +(see also +.BR signal (7) +for more details). + The behavior of the call is dependent on the value of .IR how , as follows.