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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strsignal.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strsignal.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..50de32f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/strsignal.3p @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +'\" et +.TH STRSIGNAL "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +strsignal +\(em get name of signal +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <string.h> +.P +char *strsignal(int \fIsignum\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIstrsignal\fR() +function shall map the signal number in +.IR signum +to an implementation-defined string and shall return a pointer to it. +It shall use the same set of messages as the +\fIpsignal\fR() +function. +.P +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 +\fIstrsignal\fR() +or +\fIsetlocale\fR(). +The returned pointer might also be invalidated if the calling thread +is terminated. +.P +The contents of the message strings returned by +\fIstrsignal\fR() +should be determined by the setting of the +.IR LC_MESSAGES +category in the current locale. +.P +The implementation shall behave as if no function defined in this +standard calls +\fIstrsignal\fR(). +.P +Since no return value is reserved to indicate an error, an application +wishing to check for error situations should set +.IR errno +to 0, then call +\fIstrsignal\fR(), +then check +.IR errno . +.P +The +\fIstrsignal\fR() +function need not be thread-safe. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, +\fIstrsignal\fR() +shall return a pointer to a string. Otherwise, if +.IR signum +is not a valid signal number, the return value is unspecified. +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH RATIONALE +If +.IR signum +is not a valid signal number, some implementations return NULL, while +for others the +\fIstrsignal\fR() +function returns a pointer to a string containing an unspecified +message denoting an unknown signal. POSIX.1\(hy2008 leaves this return +value unspecified. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIpsiginfo\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsetlocale\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "\fB<string.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |