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+.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)sigsuspend.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
+.\"
+.Dd June 4, 1993
+.Dt SIGSUSPEND 2
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sigsuspend
+.Nd atomically release blocked signals and wait for interrupt
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <signal.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn sigsuspend "const sigset_t *sigmask"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Fn Sigsuspend
+temporarily changes the blocked signal mask to the set to which
+.Fa sigmask
+points,
+and then waits for a signal to arrive;
+on return the previous set of masked signals is restored.
+The signal mask set
+is usually empty to indicate that all
+signals are to be unblocked for the duration of the call.
+.Pp
+In normal usage, a signal is blocked using
+.Xr sigprocmask 2
+to begin a critical section, variables modified on the occurrence
+of the signal are examined to determine that there is no work
+to be done, and the process pauses awaiting work by using
+.Fn sigsuspend
+with the previous mask returned by
+.Xr sigprocmask .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+The
+.Fn sigsuspend
+function
+always terminates by being interrupted, returning -1 with
+.Va errno
+set to
+.Dv EINTR .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sigprocmask 2 ,
+.Xr sigaction 2 ,
+.Xr sigsetops 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm sigsupend
+function call
+conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-88 .
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