NAME

strsignal − get error message string

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char ∗strsignal(int sig);

MT-LEVEL

Safe

DESCRIPTION

strsignal() maps the signal number in sig to a string describing the signal, and returns a pointer to that string.  strsignal() uses the same set of the messages as psignal(3C).  The returned string should not be overwritten. 

RETURN VALUES

strsignal() returns NULL if sig is not a valid signal number. 

SEE ALSO

gettext(3I), psignal(3C), setlocale(3C), str2sig(3C)

NOTES

If the application is linked with −lintl, then messages returned from this function are in the native language specified by the LC_MESSAGES locale category; see setlocale(3C). 

SunOS 5.5.1  —  Last change: 3 Mar 1994