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  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