libexplain/tmpfile_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/stdio.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/tmpfile.h>

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Functions
FILE *	explain_tmpfile_or_die (void)

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Function Documentation

FILE* explain_tmpfile_or_die

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void

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The explain_tmpfile_or_die function is used to call the tmpfile(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_tmpfile(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see tmpfile(3) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Example:

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

 FILE *result = explain_tmpfile_or_die();

Definition at line 26 of file tmpfile_or_die.c.