1PSIGNAL(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 PSIGNAL(3)
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NAME

6       psignal, sys_siglist - system signal messages
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SYNOPSIS

9       psignal(sig, s)
10       unsigned sig;
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DESCRIPTION

16       Psignal  produces a short message on the standard error file describing
17       the indicated signal.  First the argument string s is printed,  then  a
18       colon,  then the name of the signal and a new-line.  Most usefully, the
19       argument string is the name of the program which incurred  the  signal.
20       The signal number should be from among those found in <signal.h>.
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22       To  simplify  variant formatting of signal names, the vector of message
23       strings sys_siglist is provided; the signal number can be  used  as  an
24       index  in  this  table to get the signal name without the newline.  The
25       define NSIG defined in <signal.h> is the number  of  messages  provided
26       for in the table; it should be checked because new signals may be added
27       to the system before they are added to the table.
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SEE ALSO

30       sigvec(2), perror(3)
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344.2 Berkeley Distribution        May 15, 1985                       PSIGNAL(3)
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