strsignal(3) [netbsd man page]

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NAME

     strsignal -- get signal description string

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <string.h>

     char *
     strsignal(int sig);

DESCRIPTION

     The strsignal() function returns a pointer to the language-dependent string describing a signal.

     The array pointed to is not to be modified by the program, but may be overwritten by subsequent calls to strsignal().

SEE ALSO

     intro(2), psignal(3), setlocale(3)

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NAME

       strsignal - return string describing signal

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       char *strsignal(int sig);

       extern const char * const sys_siglist[];

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       strsignal():
	   Since glibc 2.10:
	       _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 700 || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L
	   Before glibc 2.10:
	       _GNU_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       The  strsignal()  function returns a string describing the signal number passed in the argument sig.  The string can be used only 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

       POSIX.1-2008.  Present on Solaris and the BSDs.

SEE ALSO

       psignal(3), strerror(3)

COLOPHON

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