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38 .Nd system signal messages
44 .Fn psignal "int sig" "const char *s"
45 .Vt extern const char * const sys_siglist[] ;
46 .Vt extern const char * const sys_signame[] ;
49 .Fn strsignal "int sig"
55 functions locate the descriptive message
56 string for a signal number.
60 function accepts a signal number argument
62 and returns a pointer to the corresponding message string.
66 function accepts a signal number argument
68 and writes it to the standard error.
73 and does not point to the null character,
75 is written to the standard error file descriptor
76 prior to the message string,
77 immediately followed by a colon and a space.
78 If the signal number is not recognized
84 The message strings can be accessed directly
85 through the external array
87 indexed by recognized signal numbers.
91 contains short, upper-case abbreviations for signals
92 which are useful for recognizing signal names
96 contains a count of the strings in