signame {fork} | R Documentation |
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.
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@random-technologies-llc.com
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()