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From: pfalstad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul John Falstad)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Question on signal blocking
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Date: 14 Jan 91 12:55:27 GMT
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In article <25489@adm.brl.mil> MANNS%DBNPIB5.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Jochen Manns, PI der Uni Bonn, 732738/3611) writes:
>        a) if a signal handler (SIGCHLD) is invoked and the same signal
>           comes again, is the handler called again after it returned?
>        b) if another signal handler has SIGCHLD blocked and SIGCHLD
>           arrived, will I catch the signal?

Yes to both, at least in BSD.  Why?



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