psignal(3BSD)        (BSD System Compatibility)        psignal(3BSD)


       NAME
             psignal, sys_siglist - (BSD) system signal messages

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/cc [flag . . . ] file . . .
             psignal(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.

       REFERENCES
             perror(3C), signal(3BSD)






















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