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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 16 2019 $
.Dt STRSIGNAL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm strsignal
.Nd get signal description string
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In string.h
.Ft char *
.Fn strsignal "int sig"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strsignal
function returns a pointer to the string describing the signal
.Fa sig .
.Pp
The array pointed to is not to be modified by the program, but may be
overwritten by subsequent calls to
.Fn strsignal .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 2 ,
.Xr psignal 3 ,
.Xr setlocale 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn strsignal
function conforms to
.St -p1003.1-2008 .
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn strsignal
function first appeared in
.At V.4
and was reimplemented for
.Nx 1.0 .
.Sh CAVEATS
On systems other than
.Ox ,
the
.Dv LC_MESSAGES
.Xr locale 1
category can cause different strings to be returned instead of the
normal signal descriptions; see CAVEATS in
.Xr setlocale 3
for details.