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The LinuxSignals.java Java example source code

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package sun.jvm.hotspot.runtime.linux;

public class LinuxSignals {
  private static String[] signalNames = {
    "",           /* No signal 0 */
    "SIGHUP",     /* hangup */
    "SIGINT",     /* interrupt (rubout) */
    "SIGQUIT",    /* quit (ASCII FS) */
    "SIGILL",     /* illegal instruction (not reset when caught) */
    "SIGTRAP",    /* trace trap (not reset when caught) */
    "SIGABRT",    /* used by abort, replace SIGIOT in the future */
    "SIGIOT",
    "SIGBUS",
    "SIGFPE",     /* floating point exception */
    "SIGKILL",    /* kill (cannot be caught or ignored) */
    "SIGUSR1",    /* user defined signal 1 */
    "SIGSEGV",    /* segmentation violation */
    "SIGUSR2",    /* user defined signal 2 */
    "SIGPIPE",    /* write on a pipe with no one to read it */
    "SIGALRM",    /* alarm clock */
    "SIGTERM",    /* software termination signal from kill */
    "SIGSTKFLT",
    "SIGCHLD",    /* child status change alias */
    "SIGCONT",    /* stopped process has been continued */
    "SIGSTOP",    /* stop (cannot be caught or ignored) */
    "SIGTSTP",    /* user stop requested from tty */
    "SIGTTIN",    /* background tty read attempted */
    "SIGTTOU",    /* background tty write attempted */
    "SIGURG",     /* urgent socket condition */
    "SIGXCPU",    /* exceeded cpu limit */
    "SIGXFSZ",    /* exceeded file size limit */
    "SIGVTALRM",  /* virtual timer expired */
    "SIGPROF",    /* profiling timer expired */
    "SIGWINCH",   /* window size change */
    "SIGPOLL",    /* pollable event occured */
    "SIGPWR",     /* power-fail restart */
    "SIGSYS"
  };

  public static String getSignalName(int sigNum) {
    if ((sigNum <= 0) || (sigNum >= signalNames.length)) {
      // Probably best to fail in a non-destructive way
      return "<Error: Illegal signal number " + sigNum + ">";
    }
    return signalNames[sigNum];
  }
}