#include <libexplain/ac/sys/types.h>
#include <libexplain/buffer/errno/mknod.h>
#include <libexplain/mknod.h>

Functions
void	explain_message_errno_mknod (char message, int message_size, int errnum, const char pathname, mode_t mode, dev_t dev)

Function Documentation

void explain_message_errno_mknod	(	char *	message,
		int	message_size,
		int	errnum,
		const char *	pathname,
		mode_t	mode,
		dev_t	dev
	)

The explain_message_errno_mknod function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the mknod(2) system call. The least the message will contain is the value of strerror(errnum), but usually it will do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

Parameters:

message	The location in which to store the returned message. If a suitable message return buffer is supplied, this function is thread safe.
message_size	The size in bytes of the location in which to store the returned message.
errnum	The error value to be decoded, usually obtained from the errno global variable just before this function is called. This is necessary if you need to call any code between the system call to be explained and this function, because many libc functions will alter the value of errno.
pathname	The original pathname, exactly as passed to the mknod(2) system call.
mode	The original mode, exactly as passed to the mknod(2) system call.
dev	The original dev, exactly as passed to the mknod(2) system call.

Example:

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

 if (mknod(pathname, mode, dev) < 0)
 {
     int err = errno;
     char message[3000];
     explain_message_errno_mknod(message, sizeof(message), err, pathname,
         mode, dev);
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

: The above code example is available pre-packaged as the explain_mknod_or_die function.

Definition at line 26 of file mknod.c.

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