strsignal

NAME

strsignal - write signal identity

SYNOPSIS

strsignal [-lmwx] signo ...

DESCRIPTION

The strsignal(1) utility writes the textual description of the signal number as specified by the signo operand to standard output.

The options are as follows:

-l

List all signals to standard-output.

-m

Write the mapping of POSIX.2 signal numbers to Windows-recognized signals.

-w

Suppress writing the warning message about signal number mapping on Windows when performing a list operation.

-x

Write an explanation of the command to standard-error.

Interix maps signals the same as most traditional systems, but there are areas where different historical behaviors are incompatible. POSIX.2 mandates that certain historical numbers be recognized by the kill(1) command. Issuing a kill -9 will send a SIGKILL to the receiving process, regardless of the actual value of the SIGKILL macro. Use signal names for clarity.

DIAGNOSTICS

The strsignal(1) utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

kill(1)

strerror(1)