Name

psignal — print signal message

Synopsis

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

DESCRIPTION

The psignal() function displays a message on stderr consisting of the string s, a colon, a space, and a string describing the signal number sig. If sig is invalid, the message displayed will indicate an unknown signal.

The array sys_siglist holds the signal description strings indexed by signal number.

RETURN VALUE

The psignal() function returns no value.

CONFORMING TO

4.3BSD

SEE ALSO

perror(3), strsignal(3)

COLOPHON

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  Copyright 1993 David Metcalfe (davidprism.demon.co.uk)

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