libexplain/adjtime_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/adjtime.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
void	explain_adjtime_or_die (const struct timeval *delta, struct timeval *olddelta)

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Function Documentation

void explain_adjtime_or_die	(	const struct timeval *	delta,
		struct timeval *	olddelta
	)

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

Parameters:

delta	The delta, exactly as to be passed to the adjtime(2) system call.
olddelta	The olddelta, exactly as to be passed to the adjtime(2) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see adjtime(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_adjtime_or_die(delta, olddelta);

Definition at line 24 of file adjtime_or_die.c.