strsignal(3C)

NAME

     strsignal - get name of signal

SYNOPSIS

     #include <string.h>

     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

     If the application is linked with -lintl, 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)