STRSIGNAL
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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NAME
strsignal
--- get name of signal
SYNOPSIS
#include <string.h>
char *strsignal(int signum);
DESCRIPTION
The
strsignal()
function shall map the signal number in
signum
to an implementation-defined string and shall return a pointer to it.
It shall use the same set of messages as the
psignal()
function.
The application shall not modify the string returned. The returned
pointer might be invalidated or the string content might be overwritten
by a subsequent call to
strsignal()
or
setlocale().
The returned pointer might also be invalidated if the calling thread
is terminated.
The contents of the message strings returned by
strsignal()
should be determined by the setting of the
LC_MESSAGES
category in the current locale.
The implementation shall behave as if no function defined in this
standard calls
strsignal().
Since no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an application
wishing to check for error situations should set
errno
to 0, then call
strsignal(),
then check
errno.
The
strsignal()
function need not be thread-safe.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
strsignal()
shall return a pointer to a string. Otherwise, if
signum
is not a valid signal number, the return value is unspecified.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
If
signum
is not a valid signal number, some implementations return NULL, while
for others the
strsignal()
function returns a pointer to a string containing an unspecified
message denoting an unknown signal. POSIX.1-2008 leaves this return
value unspecified.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
psiginfo(),
setlocale()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
<string.h>
COPYRIGHT
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
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