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+/* ========================================================================
+ * Copyright 1988-2006 University of Washington
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *
+ * ========================================================================
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Program: POSIX Signals
+ *
+ * Author: Mark Crispin
+ * Networks and Distributed Computing
+ * Computing & Communications
+ * University of Washington
+ * Administration Building, AG-44
+ * Seattle, WA 98195
+ * Internet: MRC@CAC.Washington.EDU
+ *
+ * Date: 29 April 1997
+ * Last Edited: 30 August 2006
+ */
+\f
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifndef SA_RESTART
+#define SA_RESTART 0
+#endif
+
+/* Arm a signal
+ * Accepts: signal number
+ * desired action
+ * Returns: old action
+ */
+
+void *arm_signal (int sig,void *action)
+{
+ struct sigaction nact,oact;
+ memset (&nact,0,sizeof (struct sigaction));
+ sigemptyset (&nact.sa_mask); /* no signals blocked */
+ nact.sa_handler = action; /* set signal handler */
+ nact.sa_flags = SA_RESTART; /* needed on Linux, nice on SVR4 */
+ sigaction (sig,&nact,&oact); /* do the signal action */
+ return (void *) oact.sa_handler;
+}