SIGRTMAX

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SIGRTMAX
Description: Last real-time signal
Default action: Abnormal termination of the process
SA_SIGINFO macros
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On POSIX-compliant platforms, SIGRTMAX is the last user-defined real-time signal that can be sent to computer programs. The symbolic constant for SIGRTMAX is defined in the header file signal.h. Symbolic signal names are used because signal numbers can vary across platforms.

[edit] Etymology

SIG is a common prefix for signal names. RTMAX is an abbreviation for real-time maximum.

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POSIX Signals
SIGABRT | SIGALRM | SIGFPE | SIGHUP | SIGILL | SIGINT | SIGKILL | SIGPIPE | SIGQUIT | SIGSEGV | SIGTERM | SIGUSR1 | SIGUSR2 | SIGCHLD | SIGCONT | SIGSTOP | SIGTSTP | SIGTTIN | SIGTTOU | SIGBUS | SIGPOLL | SIGPROF | SIGSYS | SIGTRAP | SIGURG | SIGVTALRM | SIGXCPU | SIGXFSZ | Realtime Signals are user definable—SIGRTMIN+n through SIGRTMAX.
Common non-POSIX signals and synonyms
SIGIOT | SIGEMT | SIGSTKFLT | SIGIO | SIGCLD | SIGINFO | SIGPWR (SIGINFO) | SIGLOST | SIGWINCH | SIGUNUSED