PSIGNAL(3) OpenBSD Programmer's Manual PSIGNAL(3)NAME
psignal, sys_siglist, sys_signame - system signal messages
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
void
psignal(unsigned int sig, const char *s);
extern char *sys_siglist[];
extern char *sys_signame[];
DESCRIPTION
The psignal() function locates the descriptive message string for the
given signal number sig and writes it to the standard error.
If the argument s is not NULL it is written to the standard error file
descriptor prior to the message string, immediately followed by a colon
and a space. If the signal number is not recognized (see sigaction(2)
for a list), the string ``Unknown signal'' is produced.
The message strings can be accessed directly using the external array
sys_siglist, indexed by recognized signal numbers. The external array
sys_signame is used similarly and contains short, upper-case
abbreviations for signals which are useful for recognizing signal names
in user input. The defined value NSIG contains a count of the strings in
sys_siglist and sys_signame.
SEE ALSOsigaction(2), perror(3), setlocale(3), strsignal(3)HISTORY
The psignal() function appeared in 4.2BSD.
OpenBSD 4.9 May 31, 2007 OpenBSD 4.9