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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" |
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.\" $OpenBSD: strerror.3,v 1.6 2003/06/02 20:18:38 millert Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: strerror.3,v 1.7 2004/05/03 14:37:59 millert Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.Dd June 29, 1991 |
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.Dt STRERROR 3 |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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The |
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.Fn strerror |
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function returns a pointer to the language-dependent error message |
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string affiliated with the specified error number |
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.Fa errnum . |
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The returned string contains a maximum of |
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and |
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.Fn strerror_r |
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functions map the error number |
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.Fa errnum |
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to a language-dependent error message string. |
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.Pp |
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.Fn strerror |
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returns a string containing a maximum of |
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.Dv NL_TEXTMAX |
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characters, including the trailing NUL. |
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.Pp |
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The array pointed to is not to be modified by the program, but may be |
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overwritten by subsequent calls to |
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This string is not to be modified by the calling program, |
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but may be overwritten by subsequent calls to |
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.Fn strerror . |
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.Pp |
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.Fn strerror_r |
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is a thread safe version of |
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.Fn strerror |
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that places the error message in the given buffer |
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that places the error message in the specified buffer |
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.Fa strerrbuf . |
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If the error message is larger then |
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.Fa buflen |
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the message will be truncated to fit within buflen and |
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.Er ERANGE |
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is returned. |
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.Sh RETURN VALUES |
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.Fn strerror |
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returns a pointer to the error message string. |
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If an error occurs, the error code is stored in |
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.Va errno . |
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.Pp |
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.Fn strerror_r |
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returns zero upon successful completion. |
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An error number is returned, otherwise. |
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If an error occurs, the error code is stored in |
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.Va errno |
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and the error code is returned. |
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.Sh ERRORS |
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.Fn strerror |
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and |
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.Fn strerror_r |
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may fail if: |
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.Bl -tag -width Er |
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.It Bq Er EINVAL |
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.Fa errnum |
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is not a valid error number. |
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The returned error string will consist of an error message that includes |
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.Fa errnum . |
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.El |
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.Pp |
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.Fn strerror_r |
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may fail if: |
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.Bl -tag -width Er |
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.It Bq Er ERANGE |
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The error message is larger then |
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.Fa buflen |
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characters. |
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The message will be truncated to fit. |
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.El |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
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.Xr intro 2 , |
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.Xr perror 3 , |
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