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strsignal()

Return the description of a signal

Synopsis:

#include <string.h>

char *strsignal( int signo );

Library:

libc

Description:

The strsignal() function returns a pointer to the language-dependent string describing a signal.


Note: Don't modify the array returned by this function.

Returns:

A pointer to the description of the signal, or NULL if signo isn't a valid signal number. This array will be overwritten by subsequent calls to strsignal().

Classification:

Unix

Safety:
Cancellation point No
Interrupt handler No
Signal handler Yes
Thread Yes

See also:

setlocale()


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