libexplain/asprintf.h File Reference

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#include <libexplain/gcc_attributes.h>
#include <libexplain/large_file_support.h>
#include <stdio.h>

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Functions
int	explain_asprintf_or_die (char **data, const char *format,...)
int	explain_asprintf_on_error (char **data, const char *format,...)
const char *	explain_asprintf (char **data, const char *format,...) LIBEXPLAIN_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
const char *	explain_errno_asprintf (int errnum, char **data, const char *format,...) LIBEXPLAIN_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
void	explain_message_asprintf (char *message, int message_size, char **data, const char *format,...)
void	explain_message_errno_asprintf (char *message, int message_size, int errnum, char **data, const char *format,...)

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Detailed Description

explain asprintf(3) errors

These functions may be used to obtain explanations for errors returned by the asprintf(3) system call.

Definition in file asprintf.h.

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Function Documentation

const char* explain_asprintf	(	char **	data,
		const char *	format,
			...
	)

The explain_asprintf function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the asprintf(3) system call. The least the message will contain is the value of strerror(errno), but usually it will do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

The errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be decoded.

Parameters:

data	The data argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
format	The format argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf

Returns:

The message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared by all libexplain functions which do not supply a buffer in their argument list. This will be overwritten by the next call to any libexplain function which shares this buffer, including other threads.

Note:

This function is not thread safe, because it shares a return buffer across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

Example:

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

 errno = 0;
 int result = asprintf();
 if (result < 0 || errno != 0)
 {
     explain_output_error_and_die("%s\n", explain_asprintf());
 }

The above code example is available pre\-packaged as the explain_asprintf_or_die function.

int explain_asprintf_on_error	(	char **	data,
		const char *	format,
			...
	)

The explain_asprintf_on_error function is used to call the asprintf(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_asprintf(3) function.

Parameters:

data	The data argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
format	The format argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf

Returns:

The value returned by the wrapped asprintf(3) system call.

Example:

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

 errno = 0;
 int result = explain_asprintf_on_error();
 if (result < 0 || errno != 0)
 {
     ...cope with error
     ...no need to print error message
 }

int explain_asprintf_or_die	(	char **	data,
		const char *	format,
			...
	)

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

Parameters:

data	The data argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
format	The format argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see asprintf(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:

 int result = explain_asprintf_or_die();

const char* explain_errno_asprintf	(	int	errnum,
		char **	data,
		const char *	format,
			...
	)

The explain_errno_asprintf function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the asprintf(3) 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:

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.
data	The data argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
format	The format argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf

Returns:

The message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared by all libexplain functions which do not supply a buffer in their argument list. This will be overwritten by the next call to any libexplain function which shares this buffer, including other threads.

Note:

This function is not thread safe, because it shares a return buffer across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

Example:

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

 errno = 0;
 int result = asprintf();
 if (result < 0 || errno != 0)
 {
     int err = errno;
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_errno_asprintf(err, ));
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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

void explain_message_asprintf	(	char *	message,
		int	message_size,
		char **	data,
		const char *	format,
			...
	)

The explain_message_asprintf function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the asprintf(3) 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.

The errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be decoded.

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.
data	The data argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
format	The format argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf

Example:

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

 errno = 0;
 int result = asprintf();
 if (result < 0 || errno != 0)
 {
     char message[3000];
     explain_message_asprintf(message, sizeof(message), );
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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

void explain_message_errno_asprintf	(	char *	message,
		int	message_size,
		int	errnum,
		char **	data,
		const char *	format,
			...
	)

The explain_message_errno_asprintf function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the asprintf(3) 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.
data	The data argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
format	The format argument exactly as it was passed to asprintf
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.

Example:

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

 errno = 0;
 int result = asprintf();
 if (result < 0 || errno != 0)
 {
     int err = errno;
     char message[3000];
     explain_message_errno_asprintf(message, sizeof(message), err, );
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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