---
name: "libssh2_channel_get_exit_signal"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libssh2"
version: "1.11.1-7"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libssh2_channel_get_exit_signal"
---

# libssh2\_channel\_get\_exit\_signal(3)

get the remote exit signal

## NAME

libssh2\_channel\_get\_exit\_signal - get the remote exit signal

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <libssh2.h>
int
libssh2_channel_get_exit_signal(LIBSSH2_CHANNEL *channel,
                                char **exitsignal, size_t *exitsignal_len,
                                char **errmsg, size_t *errmsg_len,
                                char **langtag, size_t *langtag_len);
```

## DESCRIPTION

*channel* - Closed channel stream to retrieve exit signal from.

*exitsignal* - If not NULL, is populated by reference with the exit signal (without leading "SIG"). Note that the string is stored in a newly allocated buffer. If the remote program exited cleanly, the referenced string pointer will be set to NULL.

*exitsignal\_len* - If not NULL, is populated by reference with the length of exitsignal.

*errmsg* - If not NULL, is populated by reference with the error message (if provided by remote server, if not it will be set to NULL). Note that the string is stored in a newly allocated buffer.

*errmsg\_len* - If not NULL, is populated by reference with the length of errmsg.

*langtag* - If not NULL, is populated by reference with the language tag (if provided by remote server, if not it will be set to NULL). Note that the string is stored in a newly allocated buffer.

*langtag\_len* - If not NULL, is populated by reference with the length of langtag.

## RETURN VALUE

Numeric error code corresponding to the the Error Code constants.