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



NAME
       err, verr, errx, verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx - formatted error messages

SYNOPSIS
       #include <err.h>

       void err(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);

       void errx(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);

       void warn(const char *fmt, ...);

       void warnx(const char *fmt, ...);

       #include <stdarg.h>

       void verr(int eval, const char *fmt, va_list args);

       void verrx(int eval, const char *fmt, va_list args);

       void vwarn(const char *fmt, va_list args);

       void vwarnx(const char *fmt, va_list args);

DESCRIPTION
       The err() and 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 fmt argument is not NULL, the printf(3)-like formatted
       error message is output.  The output is terminated by a newline character.

       The err(), verr(), warn(), and vwarn() functions append an  error  message  obtained  from
       strerror(3) based on the global variable errno, preceded by another colon and space unless
       the fmt argument is NULL.

       The errx() and warnx() functions do not append an error message.

       The err(), verr(), errx(), and verrx() functions do not return, but exit with the value of
       the argument eval.

CONFORMING TO
       These functions are nonstandard BSD extensions.

EXAMPLE
       Display the current errno information string and exit:

           p = malloc(size);
           if (p == NULL)
               err(1, NULL);
           fd = open(file_name, O_RDONLY, 0);
           if (fd == -1)
               err(1, "%s", file_name);

       Display an error message and exit:

           if (tm.tm_hour < START_TIME)
               errx(1, "too early, wait until %s", start_time_string);

       Warn of an error:

           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(1, "%s", block_device);

SEE ALSO
       error(3), exit(3), perror(3), printf(3), strerror(3)

COLOPHON
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       project, information about reporting bugs, and the latest version of  this  page,  can  be
       found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux                                       2013-12-30                                     ERR(3)