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.
• SigSetIter
  Iterator for a SigSet.
• 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 Aliases

• type_of_thread_id
  Identifies a thread for SigevNotify::SigevThreadId