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Unix v7

signal(2)


SIGNAL

SIGNAL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS
ASSEMBLER

NAME

signal − catch or ignore signals

SYNOPSIS

#include <signal.h>

(*signal(sig, func))()
(*func)();

DESCRIPTION

A signal is generated by some abnormal event, initiated either by user at a typewriter (quit, interrupt), by a program error (bus error, etc.), or by request of another program (kill). Normally all signals cause termination of the receiving process, but a signal call allows them either to be ignored or to cause an interrupt to a specified location. Here is the list of signals with names as in the include file.

SIGHUP

1

hangup

SIGINT

2

interrupt

SIGQUIT

3*

quit

SIGILL

4*

illegal instruction (not reset when caught)

SIGTRAP

5*

trace trap (not reset when caught)

SIGIOT

6*

IOT instruction

SIGEMT

7*

EMT instruction

SIGFPE

8*

floating point exception

SIGKILL

9

kill (cannot be caught or ignored)

SIGBUS

10*

bus error

SIGSEGV

11*

segmentation violation

SIGSYS

12*

bad argument to system call

SIGPIPE

13

write on a pipe or link with no one to read it

SIGALRM

14

alarm clock

SIGTERM

15

software termination signal

16

unassigned

The starred signals in the list above cause a core image if not caught or ignored.

If func is SIG_DFL, the default action for signal sig is reinstated; this default is termination, sometimes with a core image. If func is SIG_IGN the signal is ignored. Otherwise when the signal occurs func will be called with the signal number as argument. A return from the function will continue the process at the point it was interrupted. Except as indicated, a signal is reset to SIG_DFL after being caught. Thus if it is desired to catch every such signal, the catching routine must issue another signal call.

When a caught signal occurs during certain system calls, the call terminates prematurely. In particular this can occur during a read or write(2) on a slow device (like a typewriter; but not a file); and during pause or wait(2). When such a signal occurs, the saved user status is arranged in such a way that when return from the signal-catching takes place, it will appear that the system call returned an error status. The user’s program may then, if it wishes, re-execute the call.

The value of signal is the previous (or initial) value of func for the particular signal.

After a fork(2) the child inherits all signals. Exec(2) resets all caught signals to default action.

SEE ALSO

kill(1), kill(2), ptrace(2), setjmp(3)

DIAGNOSTICS

The value (int)−1 is returned if the given signal is out of range.

BUGS

If a repeated signal arrives before the last one can be reset, there is no chance to catch it.

The type specification of the routine and its func argument are problematical.

ASSEMBLER

(signal = 48.)
sys signal; sig; label

(old label in r0)

If label is 0, default action is reinstated. If label is odd, the signal is ignored. Any other even label specifies an address in the process where an interrupt is simulated. An RTI or RTT instruction will return from the interrupt.



signal(2)