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tcl_signalid

Tcl_SignalId(3TCL)					      Tcl Library Procedures						Tcl_SignalId(3TCL)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME

       Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg - Convert signal codes

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       CONST char *
       Tcl_SignalId(sig)

       CONST char *
       Tcl_SignalMsg(sig)

ARGUMENTS

       int	    sig 	       (in)	 A POSIX signal number such as SIGPIPE.
_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       Tcl_SignalId and Tcl_SignalMsg return a string representation of the provided signal number (sig).  Tcl_SignalId returns a machine-readable
       textual identifier such as "SIGPIPE". Tcl_SignalMsg returns a human-readable string such as "bus error".  The  strings  returned  by  these
       functions are statically allocated and the caller must not free or modify them.

KEYWORDS

       signals, signal numbers

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWTcl	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted     |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org.

Tcl									8.3							Tcl_SignalId(3TCL)