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Standard C Library Functionsstrsignal(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

 

If the application is linked with -lintl, 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 TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelSafe

SEE ALSO

 

gettext(3C), psignal(3C), setlocale(3C), str2sig(3C), attributes(5)


SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 5 Feb 1998

 
      
      
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