The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2013 The IEEE and The Open Group

#### NAME

> strsignal - get name of signal

#### SYNOPSIS

> ``[CX] #include <string.h>
> char *strsignal(int` signum`);``
> `
> `

#### DESCRIPTION

> The strsignal() function shall map the signal number in signum to an implementation-defined string and shall return a pointer to it. It shall use the same set of messages as the psignal() function.

> The application shall not modify the string returned. The returned pointer might be invalidated or the string content might be overwritten by a subsequent call to strsignal() or setlocale().

> The contents of the message strings returned by strsignal() should be determined by the setting of the LC_MESSAGES category in the current locale.

> The implementation shall behave as if no function defined in this standard calls strsignal().

> Since no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an application wishing to check for error situations should set errno to 0, then call strsignal(), then check errno.

> The strsignal() function need not be thread-safe.

#### RETURN VALUE

> Upon successful completion, strsignal() shall return a pointer to a string. Otherwise, if signum is not a valid signal number, the return value is unspecified.

#### ERRORS

> No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

#### EXAMPLES

> None.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> None.

#### RATIONALE

> If signum is not a valid signal number, some implementations return NULL, while for others the strsignal() function returns a pointer to a string containing an unspecified message denoting an unknown signal. POSIX.1-2008 leaves this return value unspecified.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> psiginfo, setlocale

> XBD <string.h>

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 7.

> POSIX.1-2008, Technical Corrigendum 1, XSH/TC1-2008/0609 [75] is applied.

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