Tcl_SignalId(3)

Tcl_SignalId(3)      Tcl Library Procedures       Tcl_SignalId(3)

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NAME

     Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg - Convert signal codes

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.
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DESCRIPTION

     Tcl_SignalId and Tcl_SignalMsg return a  string  representa-
     tion  of  the  provided  signal  number (sig).  Tcl_SignalId
     returns a machine-readable textual identifier such as  "SIG-
     PIPE".   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

Tcl                     Last change: 8.3                        1