NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       strsignal - return string describing signal

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <string.h>

       char *strsignal(int sig);

       extern const char * const sys_siglist[];

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  strsignal() function returns a string describing the signal number
       passed in the argument sig.  The string can only be used until the next
       call to strsignal().

       The  array  sys_siglist holds the signal description strings indexed by
       signal number.  The strsignal() function should	be  used  if  possible
       instead of this array.

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       The strsignal() function returns the appropriate description string, or
       an unknown signal message if the signal number  is  invalid.   On  some
       systems	(but not on Linux), a NULL pointer may be returned instead for
       an invalid signal number.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       This function is not part of any standard, but may be  found  on  Linux
       systems and some UNIX systems (such as Solaris).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       psignal(3), strerror(3)



GNU				  1999-02-08			  STRSIGNAL(3)