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-.TH SIGPENDING 2 2013-04-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH SIGPENDING 2 2013-12-11 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
sigpending \- examine pending signals
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR sigsetops (3)
for details on manipulating signal sets.
+If a signal is both blocked and has a disposition of "ignored", it is
+.I not
+added to the mask of pending signals when generated.
+
The set of signals that is pending for a thread
is the union of the set of signals that is pending for that thread
and the set of signals that is pending for the process as a whole; see