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Standard C Library Functions                        strsignal(3C)



NAME
     strsignal - get name of signal

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     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
     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  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | Safe                        |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     gettext(3C), psignal(3C), setlocale(3C), str2sig(3C), attri-
     butes(5)















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