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37.Dd January 16, 2003
38.Dt SIGIGNORE 3
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm sigignore
42.Nd manipulate signal dispositions
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In signal.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn sigignore "int sig"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50.Bf -symbolic
51This interface is made obsolete by
52.Xr sigaction 2 .
53.Ef
54.Pp
55The
56.Fn sigignore
57function sets the disposition of the signal
58.Fa sig
59to
60.Dv SIG_IGN .
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62If successful, the
63.Fn sigignore
64function returns 0.
65Otherwise \-1 is returned and
66.Va errno
67is set to indicate the error.
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn sigignore
71function will fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
74The argument
75.Fa sig
76is not a valid signal number.
77.It Bq Er EINVAL
78An attempt is made to ignore a signal that cannot be ignored,
79such as
80.Dv SIGKILL
81or
82.Dv SIGSTOP .
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr sigaction 2
86.Sh STANDARDS
87The
88.Fn sigignore
89function conforms to
90.St -p1003.1-2001 .
91