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39 .Nd system signal messages
45 .Fn psignal "unsigned sig" "const char *s"
46 .Vt extern const char * const sys_siglist[];
47 .Vt extern const char * const sys_signame[];
51 function locates the descriptive message
52 string for the given signal number
54 and writes it to the standard error.
60 it is written to the standard error file descriptor
61 prior to the message string,
62 immediately followed by a colon and a space.
63 If the signal number is not recognized
69 The message strings can be accessed directly using the external array
71 indexed by recognized signal numbers.
74 is used similarly and contains short, upper-case abbreviations for signals
75 which are useful for recognizing signal names in user input.
78 contains a count of the strings in