strsignal(3c) [opensolaris man page]

strsignal(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					     strsignal(3C)

NAME

       strsignal - get name of signal

SYNOPSIS

       #include <string.h>

       char *strsignal(int sig);

DESCRIPTION

       The  strsignal() function maps the signal number in sig to a string describing the signal and returns a pointer to that string. It uses the
       same set of the messages as psignal(3C). The returned string should not be overwritten.

RETURN VALUES

       The strsignal() function returns NULL if sig is not a valid signal number.

USAGE

       Messages returned from this function are in the native language specified by the LC_MESSAGES locale category. See setlocale(3C).

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gettext(3C), psignal(3C), setlocale(3C), str2sig(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    31 Mar 2005 						     strsignal(3C)

STRSIGNAL(3)                                                 Linux Programmer's Manual                                                STRSIGNAL(3)

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:
               _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), NULL may instead be returned for an invalid signal number.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       +------------+---------------+---------------------------------+
       |Interface   | Attribute     | Value                           |
       +------------+---------------+---------------------------------+
       |strsignal() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe race:strsignal locale |
       +------------+---------------+---------------------------------+

CONFORMING TO

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

SEE ALSO

       psignal(3), strerror(3)

COLOPHON

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