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diff --git a/man3/dlerror.3 b/man3/dlerror.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..14baeea --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/dlerror.3 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright 1995 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated. +.\" and Copyright 2015 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.TH dlerror 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +dlerror \- obtain error diagnostic for functions in the dlopen API +.SH LIBRARY +Dynamic linking library +.RI ( libdl ", " \-ldl ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <dlfcn.h> +.PP +.B "char *dlerror(void);" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR dlerror () +function returns a human-readable, +null-terminated string describing the most recent error +that occurred from a call to one of the functions in the dlopen API +since the last call to +.BR dlerror (). +The returned string does +.I not +include a trailing newline. +.PP +.BR dlerror () +returns NULL if no errors have occurred since initialization or since +it was last called. +.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 dlerror () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.0. +POSIX.1-2001. +.PP +SunOS. +.SH NOTES +The message returned by +.BR dlerror () +may reside in a statically allocated buffer that is +overwritten by subsequent +.BR dlerror () +calls. +.\" .LP +.\" The string returned by +.\" .BR dlerror () +.\" should not be modified. +.\" Some systems give the prototype as +.\" .sp +.\" .in +5 +.\" .B "const char *dlerror(void);" +.\" .in +.SH EXAMPLES +See +.BR dlopen (3). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR dladdr (3), +.BR dlinfo (3), +.BR dlopen (3), +.BR dlsym (3) |