Tcl_SignalId(3tcl) Tcl Library Procedures Tcl_SignalId(3tcl)
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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 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 mod-
ify them.
KEYWORDS
signals, signal numbers
Tcl 8.3 Tcl_SignalId(3tcl)
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