plucky (3) Tcl_SignalId.3tcl.gz

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