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STRSIGNAL
!!!STRSIGNAL
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO
----
!!NAME


strsignal - return string describing signal
!!SYNOPSIS


__#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include
__ ''sig''__);
extern const char * const__ ''sys_siglist''__[[];
__
!!DESCRIPTION


The __strsignal()__ function returns a string describing
the signal number passed in the argument ''sig''. The
string can only be used until the next call to
__strsignal()__.


The array ''sys_siglist'' holds the signal description
strings indexed by signal number. The __strsignal()__
function should be used if possible instead of this
array.
!!RETURN VALUE


The __strsignal()__ function returns the appropriate
description string, or an unknown signal message if the
signal number is invalid. On some systems (but not on
Linux), a __NULL__ pointer may be returned instead for an
invalid signal number.
!!CONFORMING TO


This function is not part of any standard, but may be found
on Linux systems and some UNIX systems (such as
Solaris).
!!SEE ALSO


psignal(3), strerror(3)
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