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2.9 signal.h

The signal header provides a means to handle signals reported during a program's execution.

Macros:

SIG_DFL
SIG_ERR
SIG_IGN
SIGABRT
SIGFPE
SIGILL
SIGINT
SIGSEGV
SIGTERM
Functions:
signal();
raise();
Variables:
typedef sig_atomic_t

2.9.1 Variables and Definitions

The sig_atomic_t type is of type int and is used as a variable in a signal handler. The SIG_ macros are used with the signal function to define signal functions.
SIG_DFL Default handler.
SIG_ERR Represents a signal error.
SIG_IGN Signal ignore.

The SIG macros are used to represent a signal number in the following conditions:
SIGABRT Abnormal termination (generated by the abort function).
SIGFPE Floating-point error (error caused by division by zero, invalid operation, etc.).
SIGILL Illegal operation (instruction).
SIGINT Interactive attention signal (such as ctrl-C).
SIGSEGV Invalid access to storage (segment violation, memory violation).
SIGTERM Termination request.

2.9.2 signal

Declaration:

void (*signal(int sig, void (*func)(int)))(int);
Controls how a signal is handled. sig represents the signal number compatible with the SIG macros. func is the function to be called when the signal occurs. If func is SIG_DFL, then the default handler is called. If func is SIG_IGN, then the signal is ignored. If func points to a function, then when a signal is detected the default function is called (SIG_DFL), then the function is called. The function must take one argument of type int which represents the signal number. The function may terminate with return, abort, exit, or longjmp. When the function terminates execution resumes where it was interrupted (unless it was a SIGFPE signal in which case the result is undefined).

If the call to signal is successful, then it returns a pointer to the previous signal handler for the specified signal type. If the call fails, then SIG_ERR is returned and errno is set appropriately.

2.9.3 raise

Declaration

int raise(int sig);
Causes signal sig to be generated. The sig argument is compatible with the SIG macros.

If the call is successful, zero is returned. Otherwise a nonzero value is returned.

Example: 

#include<signal.h>
#include<stdio.h>

void catch_function(int);

int main(void)
{
  if(signal(SIGINT, catch_function)==SIG_ERR)
   {
    printf("An error occured while setting a signal handler.\n");
    exit(0);
   }

  printf("Raising the interactive attention signal.\n");
  if(raise(SIGINT)!=0)
   {
    printf("Error raising the signal.\n");
    exit(0);
   }
  printf("Exiting.\n");
  return 0;
}

void catch_function(int signal)
{
  printf("Interactive attention signal caught.\n");
}
The output from the program should be (assuming no errors):
Raising the interactive attention signal.
Interactive attention signal caught.
Exiting.
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