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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man3/err.3 b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man3/err.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..87f45a32 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-tumbleweed/man3/err.3 @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-4-Clause-UC +.\" +.\" From: @(#)err.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 +.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/err.3,v 1.11.2.5 2001/08/17 15:42:32 ru Exp $ +.\" +.\" 2011-09-10, mtk, Converted from mdoc to man macros +.\" +.TH err 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +err, verr, errx, verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx \- formatted error messages +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <err.h> +.PP +.BI "[[noreturn]] void err(int " eval ", const char *" fmt ", ...);" +.BI "[[noreturn]] void errx(int " eval ", const char *" fmt ", ...);" +.PP +.BI "void warn(const char *" fmt ", ...);" +.BI "void warnx(const char *" fmt ", ...);" +.PP +.B #include <stdarg.h> +.PP +.BI "[[noreturn]] void verr(int " eval ", const char *" fmt ", va_list " args ); +.BI "[[noreturn]] void verrx(int " eval ", const char *" fmt ", va_list " args ); +.PP +.BI "void vwarn(const char *" fmt ", va_list " args ); +.BI "void vwarnx(const char *" fmt ", va_list " args ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR err () +and +.BR warn () +family of functions display a formatted error message on the standard +error output. +In all cases, the last component of the program name, a colon character, +and a space are output. +If the +.I fmt +argument is not NULL, the +.BR printf (3)-like +formatted error message is output. +The output is terminated by a newline character. +.PP +The +.BR err (), +.BR verr (), +.BR warn (), +and +.BR vwarn () +functions append an error message obtained from +.BR strerror (3) +based on the global variable +.IR errno , +preceded by another colon and space unless the +.I fmt +argument is +NULL. +.PP +The +.BR errx () +and +.BR warnx () +functions do not append an error message. +.PP +The +.BR err (), +.BR verr (), +.BR errx (), +and +.BR verrx () +functions do not return, but exit with the value of the argument +.IR eval . +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR err (), +.BR errx (), +.BR warn (), +.BR warnx (), +.BR verr (), +.BR verrx (), +.BR vwarn (), +.BR vwarnx () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe locale +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +BSD. +.SH HISTORY +.TP +.BR err () +.TQ +.BR warn () +4.4BSD. +.SH EXAMPLES +Display the current +.I errno +information string and exit: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +p = malloc(size); +if (p == NULL) + err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL); +fd = open(file_name, O_RDONLY, 0); +if (fd == \-1) + err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", file_name); +.EE +.in +.PP +Display an error message and exit: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +if (tm.tm_hour < START_TIME) + errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "too early, wait until %s", + start_time_string); +.EE +.in +.PP +Warn of an error: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +fd = open(raw_device, O_RDONLY, 0); +if (fd == \-1) + warnx("%s: %s: trying the block device", + raw_device, strerror(errno)); +fd = open(block_device, O_RDONLY, 0); +if (fd == \-1) + err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", block_device); +.EE +.in +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR error (3), +.BR exit (3), +.BR perror (3), +.BR printf (3), +.BR strerror (3) |