signame: Obtain information about signals
In warnes/fork: R Functions for Handling Multiple Processes

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

signame looks up signal information by the symbolic signal name. sigval looks up signal information by the numeric value. siglist returns a table of signal information.

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signame(val)
sigval(name)
siglist()

`val`	Integer signal value.
`name`	Symbolic signal name (with or without the SIG prefix).

These functions return information stored in a table constructed at compile time.

A list (signame, sigval) or data frame (siglist) containing the components:

`name`	Symbolic name
`val`	Integer value
`desc`	Description

Gregory R. Warnes greg@warnes.net

Unix "signal" man page.

getpid, exit, wait, kill, killall

   # look up the numeric value for SIGABT:
   sigval("SIGKILL")

   # the 'SIG' component can be ommitted:
   sigval("HUP")

   # now look up based on value
   signame(9)

   # and get a complete table of signal information
   siglist()