libexplain/setsid.h File Reference

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#include <libexplain/gcc_attributes.h>

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Functions
pid_t	explain_setsid_or_die (void)
pid_t	explain_setsid_on_error (void)
const char *	explain_setsid (void) LIBEXPLAIN_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
const char *	explain_errno_setsid (int errnum) LIBEXPLAIN_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT
void	explain_message_setsid (char *message, int message_size)
void	explain_message_errno_setsid (char *message, int message_size, int errnum)

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Detailed Description

explain setsid(2) errors

These functions may be used to obtain explanations for errors returned by the setsid(2) system call.

Definition in file setsid.h.

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Function Documentation

const char* explain_errno_setsid

(

int

errnum

)

The explain_errno_setsid function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the setsid(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:

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.

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:

 pid_t result = setsid();
 if (result < 0)
 {
     int err = errno;
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_errno_setsid(err, ));
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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

void explain_message_errno_setsid	(	char *	message,
		int	message_size,
		int	errnum
	)

The explain_message_errno_setsid function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the setsid(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.

Example:

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

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

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

void explain_message_setsid	(	char *	message,
		int	message_size
	)

The explain_message_setsid function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the setsid(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.

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.

Example:

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

 pid_t result = setsid();
 if (result < 0)
 {
     char message[3000];
     explain_message_setsid(message, sizeof(message), );
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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

const char* explain_setsid

(

void

)

The explain_setsid function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the setsid(2) 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.

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:

 pid_t result = setsid();
 if (result < 0)
 {
     fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_setsid());
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }

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

pid_t explain_setsid_on_error

(

void

)

The explain_setsid_on_error function is used to call the setsid(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_setsid(3) function.

Returns:

The value returned by the wrapped setsid(2) system call.

Example:

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

 pid_t result = explain_setsid_on_error();
 if (result < 0)
 {
     ...cope with error
     ...no need to print error message
 }

pid_t explain_setsid_or_die

(

void

)

The explain_setsid_or_die function is used to call the setsid(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_setsid(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see setsid(2) 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:

 explain_setsid_or_die();