1PSIGNAL(3)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                PSIGNAL(3)
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NAME

6       psignal - print signal message
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <signal.h>
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11       void psignal(int sig, const char *s);
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13       extern const char *const sys_siglist[];
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15   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
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17       psignal(): _SVID_SOURCE || _BSD_SOURCE
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DESCRIPTION

21       The  psignal()  function displays a message on stderr consisting of the
22       string s, a colon, a space, and a string describing the  signal  number
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26       The array sys_siglist holds the signal description strings  indexed  by
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RETURN VALUE

30       The psignal() function returns no value.
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CONFORMING TO

33       POSIX.1-2008, 4.3BSD.
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SEE ALSO

36       perror(3), strsignal(3)
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COLOPHON

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40       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
41       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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