Tcl_SignalId(3) Convert signal codes

Other Alias

Tcl_SignalMsg

SYNOPSIS

#include <tcl.h>


CONST char *
Tcl_SignalId(sig)

CONST char *
Tcl_SignalMsg(sig)

ARGUMENTS

int    sig    (in)
A POSIX signal number such as SIGPIPE.

DESCRIPTION

Tcl_SignalId and Tcl_SignalMsg return a string representation of the provided signal number (sig). Tcl_SignalId returns a machine-readable textual identifier such as "SIGPIPE". Tcl_SignalMsg returns a human-readable string such as "bus error". The strings returned by these functions are statically allocated and the caller must not free or modify them.

KEYWORDS

signals, signal numbers

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