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Subject: Re: Pthreads signals
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Peter Holmes wrote:

> How do signals work with pthreads in FreeBSD. How are process signals 
> delivered?

The best explanation of signals and threads in general
is in the POSIX spec, or Butenhof's book.

   http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/xsh_chap02_04.html

-- 
DE