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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 ALSO
     sigaction(2), perror(3), setlocale(3), strsignal(3)

HISTORY
     The psignal() function appeared in 4.2BSD.

OpenBSD 4.9			 May 31, 2007			   OpenBSD 4.9
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