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psignal(3B)
system signal messages
From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.
Also by this name: psignal(3C), C library
NAME
psignal, sys_siglist - system signal messages
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file ... -lucb psignal(sig, s) unsigned sig; char *s; char *sys_siglist[];
DESCRIPTION
psignal produces a short message on the standard error file describing the indicated signal. First the argument string s is printed, then a colon, then the name of the signal and a NEWLINE. Most usefully, the argument string is the name of the program which incurred the signal. The signal number should be from among those found in <signal.h>. To simplify variant formatting of signal names, the vector of message strings sys_siglist is provided; the signal number can be used as an index in this table to get the signal name without the newline. The define NSIG defined in <signal.h> is the number of messages provided for in the table; it should be checked because new signals may be added to the system before they are added to the table.
SEE ALSO
signal(3) perror(3C) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.