1ERR(3)                     Linux Programmer's Manual                    ERR(3)
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NAME

6       err,  verr,  errx,  verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx - formatted error
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <err.h>
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12       void err(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);
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14       void errx(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);
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16       void warn(const char *fmt, ...);
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18       void warnx(const char *fmt, ...);
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20       #include <stdarg.h>
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22       void verr(int eval, const char *fmt, va_list args);
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24       void verrx(int eval, const char *fmt, va_list args);
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26       void vwarn(const char *fmt, va_list args);
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28       void vwarnx(const char *fmt, va_list args);
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DESCRIPTION

31       The err() and warn() family of functions display a formatted error mes‐
32       sage on the standard error output.  In all cases, the last component of
33       the program name, a colon character, and a space are  output.   If  the
34       fmt argument is not NULL, the printf(3)-like formatted error message is
35       output.  The output is terminated by a newline character.
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37       The err(), verr(), warn(), and vwarn() functions append an  error  mes‐
38       sage  obtained  from strerror(3) based on a code or the global variable
39       errno, preceded by another colon and space unless the fmt  argument  is
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42       The  err(),  verr(), warn(), and vwarn() functions use the global vari‐
43       able errno to look up the error message.
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45       The errx() and warnx() functions do not append an error message.
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47       The err(), verr(), errx(), and verrx() functions  do  not  return,  but
48       exit with the value of the argument eval.
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EXAMPLES

51       Display the current errno information string and exit:
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53           if ((p = malloc(size)) == NULL)
54               err(1, NULL);
55           if ((fd = open(file_name, O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1)
56               err(1, "%s", file_name);
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58       Display an error message and exit:
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60           if (tm.tm_hour < START_TIME)
61               errx(1, "too early, wait until %s", start_time_string);
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63       Warn of an error:
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65           if ((fd = open(raw_device, O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1)
66               warnx("%s: %s: trying the block device",
67                       raw_device, strerror(errno));
68           if ((fd = open(block_device, O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1)
69               err(1, "%s", block_device);
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CONFORMING TO

72       These functions are nonstandard BSD extensions.
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SEE ALSO

75       error(3), exit(3), perror(3), printf(3), strerror(3)
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COLOPHON

78       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
79       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
80       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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