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1 perry 1 STRSIGNAL
2 !!!STRSIGNAL
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 RETURN VALUE
7 CONFORMING TO
8 SEE ALSO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
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13 strsignal - return string describing signal
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
16
17 __#define _GNU_SOURCE
18 #include
19 __ ''sig''__);
20 extern const char * const__ ''sys_siglist''__[[];
21 __
22 !!DESCRIPTION
23
24
25 The __strsignal()__ function returns a string describing
26 the signal number passed in the argument ''sig''. The
27 string can only be used until the next call to
28 __strsignal()__.
29
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31 The array ''sys_siglist'' holds the signal description
32 strings indexed by signal number. The __strsignal()__
33 function should be used if possible instead of this
34 array.
35 !!RETURN VALUE
36
37
38 The __strsignal()__ function returns the appropriate
39 description string, or an unknown signal message if the
40 signal number is invalid. On some systems (but not on
41 Linux), a __NULL__ pointer may be returned instead for an
42 invalid signal number.
43 !!CONFORMING TO
44
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46 This function is not part of any standard, but may be found
47 on Linux systems and some UNIX systems (such as
48 Solaris).
49 !!SEE ALSO
50
51
52 psignal(3), strerror(3)
53 ----
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