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void (<a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#GimpSignalHandlerFunc">*GimpSignalHandlerFunc</a>) (gint signum);
<a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#GimpSignalHandlerFunc">GimpSignalHandlerFunc</a> <a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#gimp-signal-private">gimp_signal_private</a> (gint signum,
<a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#GimpSignalHandlerFunc">GimpSignalHandlerFunc</a> handler,
gint flags);
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2585424"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
Portable signal handling.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2585433"></a><h2>Details</h2><div class="refsect2" lang="en"><a name="id2585439"></a><h3><a name="GimpSignalHandlerFunc"></a>GimpSignalHandlerFunc ()</h3><a class="indexterm" name="id2585447"></a><pre class="programlisting">void (*GimpSignalHandlerFunc) (gint signum);</pre><p>
A prototype for signal handler functions. Note that each function which
takes or returns a variable of this type also accepts or may return
special values defined by your system's signal.h header file (like
<i class="parameter"><tt>SIG_DFL</tt></i> or <i class="parameter"><tt>SIG_IGN</tt></i>).
</p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>signum</tt></i> :</span></td><td>The number of the signal. Useful if different signals are handled
by a single handler.
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><hr><div class="refsect2" lang="en"><a name="id2585493"></a><h3><a name="gimp-signal-private"></a>gimp_signal_private ()</h3><a class="indexterm" name="id2585501"></a><pre class="programlisting"><a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#GimpSignalHandlerFunc">GimpSignalHandlerFunc</a> gimp_signal_private (gint signum,
<a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#GimpSignalHandlerFunc">GimpSignalHandlerFunc</a> handler,
gint flags);</pre><p>
This function furnishes a workalike for signal(2) but
which internally invokes sigaction(2) after certain
sa_flags are set; these primarily to ensure restarting
of interrupted system calls. See sigaction(2) It is a
aid to transition and not new development: that effort
should employ sigaction directly. [gosgood 18.04.2000]
</p><p>
Cause <i class="parameter"><tt>handler</tt></i> to be run when <i class="parameter"><tt>signum</tt></i> is delivered. We
use sigaction(2) rather than signal(2) so that we can control the
signal handler's environment completely via <i class="parameter"><tt>flags</tt></i>: some signal(2)
implementations differ in their sematics, so we need to nail down
exactly what we want. [austin 06.04.2000]</p><p>
</p><div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left" valign="top"><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>signum</tt></i> :</span></td><td> Selects signal to be handled see man 5 signal (or man 7 signal)
</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>handler</tt></i> :</span></td><td> Handler that maps to signum. Invoked by O/S.
Handler gets signal that caused invocation. Corresponds
to the <i class="parameter"><tt>sa_handler</tt></i> field of the <i class="parameter"><tt>sigaction</tt></i> struct.
</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i class="parameter"><tt>flags</tt></i> :</span></td><td> Preferences. OR'ed SA_&lt;xxx&gt;. See man sigaction. Corresponds
to the <i class="parameter"><tt>sa_flags</tt></i> field of the <i class="parameter"><tt>sigaction</tt></i> struct.
</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></td><td> A reference to the signal handling function which was
active before the call to <a href="libgimpbase-gimpsignal.html#gimp-signal-private"><tt class="function">gimp_signal_private()</tt></a>.
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="refsect1" lang="en"><a name="id2536296"></a><h2>See Also</h2><p>
signal(2), signal(5 or 7), sigaction(2).
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