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32.Dd June 4, 2016
33.Dt BSD_SIGNAL 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm bsd_signal
37.Nd BSD version of
38.Xr signal 3
39.Sh LIBRARY
40.Lb libc
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In signal.h
43.\" The following is Quite Ugly, but syntactically correct.  Don't try to
44.\" fix it.
45.Ft void \*(lp*
46.Fn bsd_signal "int sig" "void \*(lp*func\*(rp\*(lpint\*(rp\*(rp\*(rp\*(lpint"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn bsd_signal
50function provides a partially compatible interface for programs written to
51historical system interfaces.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53The previous action is returned on a successful call.
54Otherwise,
55.Dv SIG_ERR
56is returned and the global variable
57.Va errno
58is set to indicate the error.
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr signal 3
61.Sh STANDARDS
62The
63.Fn bsd_signal
64function conforms to
65.St -p1003.1-2004 .
66It was moved from X/Open to zbase in Issue 4 version 2.
67It first appeared in
68.Nx 8 .
69