SIGNAL(2)                                               SIGNAL(2)

          signal - catch or ignore signals

          #include <signal.h>

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

          A signal is generated by some abnormal event, initiated
          either by user at a terminal (quit, interrupt), by a 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

          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 with no one to read it
          SIGALRM 14   alarm clock
          SIGTERM 15   software termination signal
                  16   unassigned
          SIGSTOP 17+  stop (cannot be caught, held or ignored)
          SIGCONT 19#  continue a stopped process
          SIGCHLD 20#  child has stopped or exited

          *       causes core image if not caught or ignored
          +       suspends process until SIGCONT or PIOCRUN, see proc(4)
          #       ignored if not caught

          Signals 1 through NSIG, defined in the include file, exist.
          Those not listed above have no conventional meaning in this
          system.  (Berkeley systems use 1-15 and 17-25).

          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.

     SIGNAL(2)                                               SIGNAL(2)

          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 read or write(2) on a slow device (like a typewriter;
          but not a file); and during pause and wait(2). When such a
          signal occurs, the saved user status is arranged so 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.

          kill(1), kill(2), setjmp(3), proc(4)

          The value (int)-1 is returned if the given signal is out of

          Unadvertised and unsupported func arguments can radically
          and permanently change the behavior of signals.
          Trap syndromes should be distinguishable by extra arguments
          to the signal handler.
          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.  At the very least the type should be
          `void (*)()'.