psignal(3C) Standard C Library Functions psignal(3C)NAME
psignal, psiginfo - system signal messages
SYNOPSIS
#include <siginfo.h>
void psignal(int sig, const char *s);
void psiginfo(siginfo_t *pinfo, char *s);
DESCRIPTION
The psignal() and psiginfo() functions produce messages on the standard
error output describing a signal. The sig argument is a signal that
may have been passed as the first argument to a signal handler. The
pinfo argument is a pointer to a siginfo structure that may have been
passed as the second argument to an enhanced signal handler. See
sigaction(2). The argument string s is printed first, followed by a
colon and a blank, followed by the message and a NEWLINE character.
USAGE
Messages printed from these functions are in the native language speci‐
fied by the LC_MESSAGES locale category. See setlocale(3C).
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOsigaction(2), gettext(3C), perror(3C), setlocale(3C), siginfo.h(3HEAD),
signal.h(3HEAD), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 31 Mar 2005 psignal(3C)
