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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. | ||
2 | .\" All rights reserved. | ||
3 | .\" | ||
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32 | .\" $OpenBSD: strerror.3,v 1.13 2014/04/07 17:57:56 schwarze Exp $ | ||
33 | .\" | ||
34 | .Dd $Mdocdate: April 7 2014 $ | ||
35 | .Dt STRERROR 3 | ||
36 | .Os | ||
37 | .Sh NAME | ||
38 | .Nm strerror , | ||
39 | .Nm strerror_r | ||
40 | .Nd get error message string | ||
41 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||
42 | .In string.h | ||
43 | .Ft char * | ||
44 | .Fn strerror "int errnum" | ||
45 | .Ft int | ||
46 | .Fn strerror_r "int errnum" "char *strerrbuf" "size_t buflen" | ||
47 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
48 | The | ||
49 | .Fn strerror | ||
50 | and | ||
51 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
52 | functions map the error number | ||
53 | .Fa errnum | ||
54 | to a language-dependent error message string. | ||
55 | .Pp | ||
56 | .Fn strerror | ||
57 | returns a string containing a maximum of | ||
58 | .Dv NL_TEXTMAX | ||
59 | characters, including the trailing NUL. | ||
60 | This string is not to be modified by the calling program, | ||
61 | but may be overwritten by subsequent calls to | ||
62 | .Fn strerror . | ||
63 | .Pp | ||
64 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
65 | is a thread safe version of | ||
66 | .Fn strerror | ||
67 | that places the error message in the specified buffer | ||
68 | .Fa strerrbuf . | ||
69 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | ||
70 | .Fn strerror | ||
71 | returns a pointer to the error message string. | ||
72 | If an error occurs, the error code is stored in | ||
73 | .Va errno . | ||
74 | .Pp | ||
75 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
76 | returns zero upon successful completion. | ||
77 | If an error occurs, the error code is stored in | ||
78 | .Va errno | ||
79 | and the error code is returned. | ||
80 | .Sh ERRORS | ||
81 | .Fn strerror | ||
82 | and | ||
83 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
84 | may fail if: | ||
85 | .Bl -tag -width Er | ||
86 | .It Bq Er EINVAL | ||
87 | .Fa errnum | ||
88 | is not a valid error number. | ||
89 | The returned error string will consist of an error message that includes | ||
90 | .Fa errnum . | ||
91 | .El | ||
92 | .Pp | ||
93 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
94 | may fail if: | ||
95 | .Bl -tag -width Er | ||
96 | .It Bq Er ERANGE | ||
97 | The error message is larger than | ||
98 | .Fa buflen | ||
99 | characters. | ||
100 | The message will be truncated to fit. | ||
101 | .El | ||
102 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
103 | .Xr intro 2 , | ||
104 | .Xr perror 3 , | ||
105 | .Xr setlocale 3 | ||
106 | .Sh STANDARDS | ||
107 | The | ||
108 | .Fn strerror | ||
109 | function conforms to | ||
110 | .St -ansiC-99 . | ||
111 | The | ||
112 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
113 | function conforms to | ||
114 | .St -p1003.1-2008 . | ||
115 | .Sh HISTORY | ||
116 | The | ||
117 | .Fn strerror | ||
118 | function first appeared in | ||
119 | .Bx 4.3 Reno . | ||
120 | The | ||
121 | .Fn strerror_r | ||
122 | function first appeared in | ||
123 | .Ox 3.3 . | ||