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psignal(S)


psignal, psiginfo -- system signal messages

Syntax

cc ...-lc

#include <siginfo.h>

void psiginfo (const siginfo_t *pinfo, const char *s); void psignal (int sig, const char *s);

Description

psignal- produce system signal messages

psiginfo- produce system signal messages

psignal(S) and psiginfo(S) produce messages on the standard error output describing a signal.

sig is a signal that may have been passed as the first argument to a signal handler.

pinfo is a pointer to a siginfo structure that may have been passed as the second argument to an enhanced signal handler (see sigaction(S)).

The argument string s is printed first, then a colon and a blank, then the message and a newline.

Return values

psignal( ) and psiginfo( ) do not return any values.

Diagnostics

This function does not set errno.

See also

perror(S), sigaction(S), signal(M), signal(S)

Standards conformance

psignal(S) and psiginfo(S) are not part of any currently supported standard; they were developed by UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. and are maintained by The SCO Group.
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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003