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diff --git a/doc/Signal.3 b/doc/Signal.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b49dbe7 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Signal.3 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 2001 ActiveState Tool Corp. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Signal.3,v 1.1 2001/04/03 14:53:45 andreas_kupries Exp $ +.so man.macros +.TH Tcl_SignalId 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" +.BS +.SH NAME +Tcl_SignalId, Tcl_SignalMsg \- Convert signal codes +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fB#include <tcl.h>\fR +.sp +char * +\fBTcl_SignalId\fR(\fIsig\fR) +.sp +char * +\fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR(\fIsig\fR) +.sp +.SH ARGUMENTS +.AP int sig in +A POSIX signal number such as \fBSIGPIPE\fR. +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +\fBTcl_SignalId\fR and \fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR return a string +representation of the provided signal number (\fIsig\fR). +\fBTcl_SignalId\fR returns a machine-readable textual identifier such +as "SIGPIPE". \fBTcl_SignalMsg\fR returns a human-readable string such +as "bus error". The strings returned by these functions are +statically allocated and the caller must not free or modify them. + +.SH KEYWORDS +signals, signal numbers |