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Subject: Re: signals and suchlike 
In-reply-to: schwartz's message of Fri, 14 Feb 92 23:08:13 -0500.
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 22:39:47 -0600
From: Chris Siebenmann <cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu>
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 The manual page is correct; ignored signals and default signals are
passed to children as-is, while signals that are caught to a function
are reset to default in children. This is slightly opaque in the manual,
but not very much (at least the signal section; perhaps there's wording
elsewhere).

	- cks