Module nix::sys::signal

Operating system signals.

Re-exports

pub use self::Signal::*;

Structs

SaFlags

Controls the behavior of a SigAction

SigAction

Action to take on receipt of a signal. Corresponds to sigaction.

SigEvent

Used to request asynchronous notification of the completion of certain events, such as POSIX AIO and timers.

SigSet

Specifies a set of Signals that may be blocked, waited for, etc.

SignalIterator

Iterate through all signals defined by this operating system

Enums

SigHandler

A signal handler.

SigevNotify

Specifies the notification method used by a SigEvent

SigmaskHow

Specifies how certain functions should manipulate a signal mask

Signal

Types of operating system signals

Constants

SIGIOT

Alias for SIGABRT

SIGPOLL

Alias for SIGIO

SIGUNUSED

Alias for SIGSYS

Functions

kill

Send a signal to a process

killpg

Send a signal to a process group

pthread_sigmask

Manages the signal mask (set of blocked signals) for the calling thread.

raise

Send a signal to the current thread

sigaction^⚠

Changes the action taken by a process on receipt of a specific signal.

signal^⚠

Signal management (see signal(3p))

sigprocmask

Examine and change blocked signals.

Type Definitions

type_of_thread_id

Identifies a thread for SigevNotify::SigevThreadId