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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/psignal.3 b/lib/libc/gen/psignal.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ad6ee2 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/psignal.3 @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)psignal.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 2/27/95 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd February 27, 1995 +.Dt PSIGNAL 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm psignal , +.Nm strsignal , +.Nm sys_siglist , +.Nm sys_signame +.Nd system signal messages +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In signal.h +.Ft void +.Fn psignal "unsigned sig" "const char *s" +.Vt extern const char * const sys_siglist[] ; +.Vt extern const char * const sys_signame[] ; +.In string.h +.Ft "char *" +.Fn strsignal "int sig" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn psignal +and +.Fn strsignal +functions locate the descriptive message +string for a signal number. +.Pp +The +.Fn strsignal +function accepts a signal number argument +.Fa sig +and returns a pointer to the corresponding message string. +.Pp +The +.Fn psignal +function accepts a signal number argument +.Fa sig +and writes it to the standard error. +If the argument +.Fa s +is +.Pf non- Dv NULL +and does not point to the null character, +.Fa s +is written to the standard error file descriptor +prior to the message string, +immediately followed by a colon and a space. +If the signal number is not recognized +.Pq Xr sigaction 2 , +the string +.Dq "Unknown signal +is produced. +.Pp +The message strings can be accessed directly +through the external array +.Va sys_siglist , +indexed by recognized signal numbers. +The external array +.Va sys_signame +is used similarly and +contains short, lower-case abbreviations for signals +which are useful for recognizing signal names +in user input. +The defined variable +.Dv NSIG +contains a count of the strings in +.Va sys_siglist +and +.Va sys_signame . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr perror 3 , +.Xr strerror 3 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn psignal +function appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . |