Tcl_SignalId(3)       Tcl Library Procedures      Tcl_SignalId(3)



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NAME
       Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg - Convert signal codes

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       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 representa-
       tion 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 func-
       tions are statically allocated and  the  caller  must  not
       free or modify them.


KEYWORDS
       signals, signal numbers



Tcl                            8.3                Tcl_SignalId(3)