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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man/man3proc/Pclearsig.3proc')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr/src/man/man3proc/Pclearsig.3proc | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pclearsig.3proc b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pclearsig.3proc index b96d78b697..577fcf9359 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pclearsig.3proc +++ b/usr/src/man/man3proc/Pclearsig.3proc @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ .Fa "struct ps_lwphandle *L" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION -During normal operation a process may receive a signal. Signals may -indicate an error, for example referencing unmapped memory, an alarm +During normal operation a process may receive a signal. +Signals may indicate an error, for example referencing unmapped memory, an alarm firing, requests for information, and users requesting an interruption. For more information on the generation and usage of signals, see .Xr signal.h 3HEAD . @@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ representive thread, it instead operates on the thread handle .Pp The .Fn Pclearsig -function only has meaning for active processes. It will fail on process -handles corresponding to core files, zombie processes and ELF objects. +function only has meaning for active processes. +It will fail on process handles corresponding to core files, zombie processes +and ELF objects. .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, the .Fn Pclearsig |