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PSIGNAL(3) Linux Programmer's Manual PSIGNAL(3)
NAME
psignal - print signal message
SYNOPSIS
#include <signal.h>
void psignal(int sig, const char *s);
extern const char *const sys_siglist[]
DESCRIPTION
The psignal() function displays a message on stderr con-
sisting of the string s, a colon, a space, and a string
describing the signal number sig. If sig is invalid, the
message displayed will indicate an unknown signal.
The array sys_siglist holds the signal description strings
indexed by signal number.
RETURN VALUE
The psignal() function returns no value.
CONFORMING TO
BSD 4.3
SEE ALSO
perror(3), strsignal(3)
GNU April 13, 1993 1
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