From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: socket/signal problem tracked down - comments? 7 May 1998 13:54:23 GMT Message-ID: <6iseef$iqd$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article , Tim Newsham wrote: >As for immediate fix for the connect() problem -- what is the preferred >way to block signals while I'm in cygwin winsup code? Should I do >normal sigset operations to set the mask, or is there a simpler mechanism >such as grabbing a semaphore or setting a flag? block_sig_dispatch() will block signals from being acted on. allow_sig_dispatch() will turn on signals and act on any signals that have been queued. -- cgf@cygnus.com "Everything has a boolean value, if you stand http://www.cygnus.com/ far enough away from it." -- Galena Alyson Canada