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+.\"     @(#)psignal.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 2/27/95
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd May 30, 2016
+.Dt PSIGNAL 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm psignal ,
+.Nm strsignal ,
+.Nm sys_siglist ,
+.Nm sys_signame
+.Nd system signal messages
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In signal.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn psignal "int sig" "const char *s"
+.Vt extern const char * const sys_siglist[] ;
+.Vt extern const char * const sys_signame[] ;
+.In string.h
+.Ft "char *"
+.Fn strsignal "int sig"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn psignal
+and
+.Fn strsignal
+functions locate the descriptive message
+string for a signal number.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn strsignal
+function accepts a signal number argument
+.Fa sig
+and returns a pointer to the corresponding message string.
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn psignal
+function accepts a signal number argument
+.Fa sig
+and writes it to the standard error.
+If the argument
+.Fa s
+is
+.Pf non- Dv NULL
+and does not point to the null character,
+.Fa s
+is written to the standard error file descriptor
+prior to the message string,
+immediately followed by a colon and a space.
+If the signal number is not recognized
+.Pq Xr sigaction 2 ,
+the string
+.Dq "Unknown signal"
+is produced.
+.Pp
+The message strings can be accessed directly
+through the external array
+.Va sys_siglist ,
+indexed by recognized signal numbers.
+The external array
+.Va sys_signame
+is used similarly and
+contains short, upper-case abbreviations for signals
+which are useful for recognizing signal names
+in user input.
+The defined variable
+.Dv NSIG
+contains a count of the strings in
+.Va sys_siglist
+and
+.Va sys_signame .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sigaction 2 ,
+.Xr perror 3 ,
+.Xr strerror 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn psignal
+function appeared in
+.Bx 4.2 .