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NAME

6       IPC::Signal - Utility functions dealing with signals
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SYNOPSIS

9           $number = sig_num $name;
10           $name   = sig_name $number;
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13           $number = $Sig_num{$name};
14           $name   = $Sig_name[$number];
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DESCRIPTION

17       This module contains utility functions for dealing with signals.
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19       Nothing is exported by default.
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21       sig_num chopped-signal-name
22           Returns the signal number of the signal whose name (sans "SIG") is
23           chopped-signal-name, or undef if there is no such signal.
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25           This function is prototyped to take a single scalar argument.
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27       sig_name signal-number
28           Returns the chopped signal name (like "HUP") of signal number
29           signal-number, or undef if there is no such signal.
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31           This function is prototyped to take a single scalar argument.
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33       sig_translate_setup
34           If you want to use the @Sig_name and %Sig_num variables directly
35           you must call sig_translate_setup to initialize them.  This isn't
36           necessary if you only use the function interfaces sig_name() and
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39           This function is prototyped to take no arguments.
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41       %Sig_num
42           A hash with chopped signal name keys (like "HUP") and integer
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46           An array mapping signal numbers to chopped signal names (like
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AUTHOR

50       Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
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SEE ALSO

53       perl(1).
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57perl v5.28.1                      1998-10-27                         Signal(3)