Establishes those signals that are blocked from delivery.

Format

#include <signal.h>

int sigsetmask (int mask);

Argument

mask

The signals to be blocked.

Description

See the sigblock function in this section for information about the mask argument.

Return Value

x	The previous set of masked signals.

Defines an alternate stack on which to process signals. This allows the processing of signals in a separate environment from that of the current process. This function is nonreentrant.

Format

#include <signal.h>

int sigstack (struct sigstack *ss, struct sigstack *oss);

Arguments

ss

If ss is not NULL, it specifies the address of a structure that holds a pointer to a designated section of memory to be used as a signal stack on which to deliver signals.

oss

If oss is not NULL, it specifies the address of a structure in which the old value of the stack address is returned.

Description

The sigstack structure is defined in the standard header file <signal.h> as follows:

struct sigstack { char *ss_sp; int ss_onstack; };

If the sigvec function specifies that the signal handler is to execute on the signal stack, the system checks to see if the process is currently executing on that stack. If the process is not executing on the signal stack, the system arranges a switch to the signal stack for the duration of the signal handler's execution. If the oss argument is not NULL, the current state of the signal stack is returned.

Signal stacks must be allocated an adequate amount of storage; they do not expand like the run-time stack. For example, if your signal handler calls printf or any similarly complex Compaq C RTL routine, at least 12,000 bytes of storage should be allocated for the signal stack. If the stack overflows, an error occurs.

ss_sp must point to at least four bytes before the end of the allocated memory area (see the example). This is architecture-dependent and possibly not portable to other machine architectures or operating systems.

The sigstack structure is defined in the <signal.h> header file.

Return Values

0	Indicates success.
--1	Indicates failure.

Example

#define ss_size 15000 static char mystack[ss_size]; struct sigstack ss = {&mystack + sizeof(mystack) - sizeof(void *), 1};

Atomically changes the set of blocked signals and waits for a signal.

Format

#include <signal.h>

int sigsuspend (const sigset_t *signal_mask);

Arguments

signal_mask

A pointer to a set of signals.

Description

This function replaces the signal mask of the process with the set of signals pointed to by the signal_mask argument. Then it suspends execution of the process until delivery of a signal whose action is either to execute a signal catching function or to terminate the process. You cannot block the SIGKILL or SIGSTOP signals with the sigsuspend function. If a program attempts to block either of these signals, sigsuspend gives no indication of the error.

If delivery of a signal causes the process to terminate, sigsuspend does not return. If delivery of a signal causes a signal catching function to execute, sigsuspend returns after the signal catching function returns, with the signal mask restored to the set that existed prior to the call to sigsuspend .

The sigsuspend function sets the signal mask and waits for an unblocked signal as one atomic operation. This means that signals cannot occur between the operations of setting the mask and waiting for a signal. If a program invokes sigprocmask SIG_SETMASK and sigsuspend separately, a signal that occurs between these functions is often not noticed by sigsuspend .

In normal usage, a signal is blocked by using the sigprocmask function at the beginning of a critical section. The process then determines whether there is work for it to do. If there is no work, the process waits for work by calling sigsuspend with the mask previously returned by sigprocmask .

If a signal is caught by the calling process and control is returned from the signal handler, the calling process resumes execution after sigsuspend , which always returns a value of --1 and sets errno to EINTR.

See also sigpause , and sigprocmask in this section.

Permanently assigns a handler for a specific signal.

Format

#include <signal.h>

int sigvec (int sigint, struct sigvec *sv, struct sigvec *osv);

Arguments

sigint

The signal identifier.

sv

Pointer to a sigvec structure (see the Description section).

osv

If osv is not NULL, the previous handling information for the signal is returned.

Description

If sv is not NULL, it specifies the address of a structure containing a pointer to a handler routine and mask to be used when delivering the specified signal, and a flag indicating whether the signal is to be processed on an alternative stack. If sv-->onstack has a value of 1, the system delivers the signal to the process on a signal stack specified with sigstack .

The sigvec function establishes a handler that remains established until explicitly removed or until the image terminates.

The sigvec structure is defined in the <signal.h> header file as follows:

struct sigvec { int (*handler)(); int mask; int onstack; };

See Section 4.2 for more information on signal handling.

Return Values

0	Indicates that the call succeeded.
--1	Indicates that an error occurred.

Returns the sine of its radian argument.

Format

#include <math.h>

double sin (double x);

float sinf (float x); (ALPHA ONLY)

long double sinl (long double x); (ALPHA ONLY)

double sind (double x); (ALPHA ONLY)

float sindf (float x); (ALPHA ONLY)

long double sindl (long double x); (ALPHA ONLY)

Argument

x

A radian expressed as a floating-point number.

Description

The sin functions compute the sine of x measured in radians.

The sind functions compute the sine of x measured in degrees.

Return Values

x	The sine of the argument.
NaN	x = <pm symbol>Infinity or NaN; errno is set to EDOM.
0	Undeflow occurred; errno is set to ERANGE.

Returns the hyperbolic sine of its argument.

Format

#include <math.h>

double sinh (double x);

float sinhf (float x); (ALPHA ONLY)

long double sinhl (long double x); (ALPHA ONLY)

Argument

x

A real number.

Return Values

n	The hyperbolic sine of the argument.
HUGE_VAL	Overflow occurred; errno is set to ERANGE.
0	Underflow occurred; errno is set to ERANGE.
NaN	x is NaN; errno is set to EDOM.

Suspends the execution of the current process for at least the number of seconds indicated by its argument.

Format

#include <unistd.h>

unsigned int sleep (unsigned seconds); (_DECC_V4_SOURCE)

int sleep (unsigned seconds); (NOT _DECC_V4_SOURCE)

Argument

seconds

The number of seconds.

Description

This function sleeps for the specified number of seconds, or until a signal is received, or until the process executes a call to SYS$WAKE.

If a SIGALRM signal is generated, but blocked or ignored, the sleep function returns. For all other signals, a blocked or ignored signal does not cause sleep to return.

Return Values

x	The number of seconds that the process awoke early.
0	If the process slept the full number of seconds specified by seconds

Performs formatted output to a string in memory.

Format

#include <stdio.h>

int sprintf (char *str, const char *format_spec, ...);

Arguments

str

The address of the string that will receive the formatted output. It is assumed that this string is large enough to hold the output.

format_spec

A pointer to a character string that contains the format specification. For more information about format specifications and conversion characters, see Chapter 2.

...

Optional expressions whose resultant types correspond to conversion specifications given in the format specification.

If no conversion specifications are given, you may omit the output sources. Otherwise, the function calls must have at least as many output sources as there are conversion specifications, and the conversion specifications must match the types of the output sources.

Conversion specifications are matched to output sources in left-to-right order. Excess output pointers, if any, are ignored.

Description

A null character is automatically appended to the end of the output string. Consider the following example of a conversion specification:

#include <stdio.h> main() { int temp = 4, temp2 = 17; char s[80]; sprintf(s, "The answers are %d, and %d.", temp, temp2); }

In this example, character string s has the following contents:

The answers are 4, and 17.

For a complete description of the format specification and the output source, see Chapter 2.

Return Value

x	The number of characters placed in the output string, not including the final null character.
Negative value	Indicates an output error occurred. The function sets errno . For a list of errno values set by this function, see fprintf in this section.

Returns the square root of its argument.

Format

#include <math.h>

double sqrt (double x);

float sqrtf (float x); (ALPHA ONLY)

long double sqrtl (long double x); (ALPHA ONLY)

Argument

x

A real number.

Return Values

val	The square root of x, if x is nonnegative.
0	x is negative; errno is set to EDOM.
NaN	x is NaN; errno is set to EDOM.

Initializes the pseudorandom number generator rand .

Format

#include <math.h>

void srand (unsigned int seed);

Argument

seed

An unsigned integer.

Description

This function uses the argument as a seed for a new sequence of pseudorandom numbers to be returned by subsequent calls to rand .

If rand is called before any calls to srand , the sequence of pseudorandom numbers is generated as if the seed were set to 1.

Initializes a 48-bit random number generator.

Format

#include <stdlib.h>

void srand48 (long int seed_val);

Arguments

seed_val

The initialization value to begin randomization. Changing this value changes the randomization pattern.

Description

This function initializes the random number generator. You can use this function in your program before calling the drand48 , lrand48 , or mrand48 functions. (Although it is not recommended practice, constant default initializer values are supplied automatically if you call drand48 , lrand48 , or mrand48 without calling an initialization function).

The function works by generating a sequence of 48-bit integer values, Xi, according to the linear congruential formula:

Xn+1 = (aXn+c)mod m n >= 0

The argument m equals 2⁴⁸ , so 48-bit integer arithmetic is performed. Unless you invoke the lcong48 function, the multiplier value a and the addend value c are:

a = 5DEECE66D16 = 2736731631558 c = B16 = 138

The initializer function srand48 sets the high-order 32 bits of Xi to the low-order 32 bits contained in its argument. The low-order 16 bits of Xi are set to the arbitrary value 330E _16 .

See also drand48 , lrand48 , and mrand48 in this section.

Initializes the pseudorandom number generator random .

Format

int srandom (unsigned seed);

Arguments

seed

An initial seed value.

Description

This function uses the argument as a seed for a new sequence of pseudorandom numbers to be returned by subsequent calls to random . This function has virtually the same calling sequence and initialization properties as the srand function, but produce sequences that are more random.

The srandom function initializes the current state with the initial seed value. The srandom function, unlike the srand function, does not return the old seed because the amount of state information used is more than a single word.

See also rand , srand , random , setstate , and initstate in this section.

Return Values

0	Indicates success. Initializes the state seed.
--1	Indicates an error, further specified in the global errno .

Reads input from a character string in memory, interpreting it according to the format specification.

Format

#include <stdio.h>

int sscanf (const char *str, const char *format_spec, ...);

Arguments

str

The address of the character string that provides the input text to sscanf .

format_spec

A pointer to a character string that contains the format specification. For more information about format specifications and conversion characters, see Chapter 2.

...

Optional expressions whose resultant types correspond to conversion specifications given in the format specification.

If no conversion specifications are given, you can omit the input pointers. Otherwise, the function calls must have at least as many input pointers as there are conversion specifications, and the conversion specifications must match the types of the input pointers.

Conversion specifications are matched to input sources in left-to-right order. Excess input pointers, if any, are ignored.

Description

The following is an example of a conversion specification:

main () { char str[] = "4 17"; int temp, temp2; sscanf(str, "%d %d", &temp, &temp2); printf("The answers are %d and %d.", temp, temp2); }

This example produces the following output:

$ RUN EXAMPLE The answers are 4 and 17.

For a complete description of the format specification and the input pointers, see Chapter 2.

Return Values

x	The number of successfully matched and assigned input items.
EOF	Indicates that a read error occurred before any conversion. The function sets errno . For a list of the values set by this function, see fscanf in this section.

Allows you to specify the action to take when a particular signal is raised.

Format

#include <signal.h>

void (*ssignal (int sig, void (*func) (int, ...))) (int, ...);

Arguments

sig

A number or mnemonic associated with a signal. The symbolic constants for signal values are defined in the <signal.h> header file (see Chapter 4).

func

The action to take when the signal is raised, or the address of a function that is executed when the signal is raised.

Description

This function is equivalent to the signal function except for the return value on error conditions.

Since the signal function is defined by the ANSI C standard and the ssignal function is not, use signal for greater portability.

See Section 4.2 for more information on signal handling.

Return Values

x	The address of the function previously established as the action for the signal. The address may be the value SIG_DFL (0) or SIG_IGN (1).
0	Indicates errors. For this reason, there is no way to know whether a return status of 0 indicates failure, or whether it indicates that a previous action was SIG_DFL (0).