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Random man page:  sigtimedwait(2) -- synchronously accept a signal
The sigwait() function atomically selects and clears a pending signal from set and returns the signal number in the location pointed to by sig. If none of the signals in set is pending at the time of the call, the calling thread will be suspended until one or more signals become pending or the thread is interrupted by an unblocked, caught signal. The signals in set should be blocked at the time of...
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To find out the hostname associated with an IP address, use

	dig -x IP_address
		-- Dru
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