PSIGNAL
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2008-08-21
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NAME
psignal - print signal message
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
void psignal(int sig, const char *s);
extern const char *const sys_siglist[];
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
psignal():
_SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
sys_siglist:
_BSD_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The
psignal()
function displays a message on stderr
consisting of the string s, a colon, a space, and a string
describing the signal number sig.
If sig is invalid,
the message displayed will indicate an unknown signal.
The array sys_siglist holds the signal description strings
indexed by signal number.
RETURN VALUE
The
psignal()
function returns no value.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
SEE ALSO
perror(3),
strsignal(3)
COLOPHON
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- RETURN VALUE
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