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Tcl_SignalId(3)             Tcl Library Procedures             Tcl_SignalId(3)



NAME
       Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg - Convert signal(2,7) codes

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       CONST char *
       Tcl_SignalId(sig)

       CONST char *
       Tcl_SignalMsg(sig)


ARGUMENTS
       A POSIX signal(2,7) number such as SIGPIPE.


DESCRIPTION
       Tcl_SignalId  and  Tcl_SignalMsg  return a string(3,n) representation of the
       provided signal(2,7) number (sig).  Tcl_SignalId returns a  machine-readable
       textual  identifier  such  as "SIGPIPE". Tcl_SignalMsg returns a human-
       readable string(3,n) such as "bus error(8,n)".  The  strings  returned  by  these
       functions are statically allocated and the caller must not free or mod-
       ify them.


KEYWORDS
       signals, signal(2,7) numbers



Tcl                                   8.3                      Tcl_SignalId(3)