Tcl_SignalId (3) Linux Manual Page

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.

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