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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Use of ssignal() in Sys V.
Message-ID: <12352@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 15 Mar 90 00:24:18 GMT
References: <24199@uhnix1.uh.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <24199@uhnix1.uh.edu> rr@cs.uh.edu writes:
>Is there any use for ssignal()? Can I use it between processes ...?

While one can figure out ways to use ssignal/gsignal, they are not
essential.  Certainly they cannot be used for IPC, only within one
process.  I suggest never using them.