opensolaris man page for strsignal

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)