linux man page for str2sig

str2sig(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					       str2sig(3C)

NAME

       str2sig, sig2str - translation between signal name and signal number

SYNOPSIS

       #include <signal.h>

       int str2sig(const char *str, int *signum);

       int sig2str(int signum, char *str);

DESCRIPTION

       The  str2sig() function translates the signal name str to a signal number, and stores that result in the location referenced by signum. The
       name in str can be either the symbol for that signal, without the "SIG" prefix, or a decimal number.  All the  signal  symbols  defined	in
       <sys/signal.h>  are  recognized.  This means that both "CLD" and "CHLD" are recognized and return the same signal number, as do both "POLL"
       and "IO".  For access to the signals in the range SIGRTMIN to SIGRTMAX, the first  four	signals  match	the  strings  "RTMIN",	"RTMIN+1",
       "RTMIN+2", and "RTMIN+3" and the last four match the strings "RTMAX-3", "RTMAX-2", "RTMAX-1", and "RTMAX".

       The  sig2str() function translates the signal number signum to the symbol for that signal, without the "SIG" prefix, and stores that symbol
       at the location specified by str. The storage referenced by str should be large enough to hold the symbol and a terminating null byte.  The
       symbol SIG2STR_MAX defined by <signal.h> gives the maximum size in bytes required.

RETURN VALUES

       The str2sig() function returns 0 if it recognizes the signal name specified in str; otherwise, it returns -1.

       The sig2str() function returns 0 if the value signum corresponds to a valid signal number; otherwise, it returns -1.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: A sample program using the str2sig() function.

       int i;
       char buf[SIG2STR_MAX];	  /*storage for symbol */

       str2sig("KILL",&i);	  /*stores 9 in i */
       str2sig("9", &i);	  /* stores 9 in i */
       sig2str(SIGKILL,buf);	  /* stores "KILL" in buf */
       sig2str(9,buf);		  /* stores "KILL" in buf */

SEE ALSO

       kill(1), strsignal(3C)

SunOS 5.10							    7 Oct 1999							       str2sig(3C)