PSIGNAL
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BSD 4.2
NAME
psignal
sys_siglist
- system signal messages
SYNOPSIS
Fd #include <sys/signal.h>
Ft void
Fn psignal unsigned sig const char *s
Vt extern char *sys_siglist[];
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn psignal
function locates the descriptive message
string for the given signal
Fa sig
number
and writes it to the
stderr
If the argument
Fa s
is
non- NULL
it is written to the
stderr
prior to the message string.
The signal number should be from among those found in
Aq Pa signal.h .
The message strings can be accessed directly
using the external character array
sys_siglist
The defined variable
NSIG
contains a count of the messages in
sys_siglist
SEE ALSO
sigaction(2),
perror(3)
HISTORY
The
Fn psignal
function appeared in
BSD 4.2
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