libexplain/buffer/permission_mode.h File Reference

#include <libexplain/string_buffer.h>

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Functions
void	explain_buffer_permission_mode (explain_string_buffer_t *sb, mode_t mode)
mode_t	explain_permission_mode_parse_or_die (const char *text, const char *caption)

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Function Documentation

void explain_buffer_permission_mode	(	explain_string_buffer_t *	sb,
		mode_t	mode
	)

The explain_buffer_permission_mode function may be used to decode a set of permission mode bits into human readable text, something like the programmer would have written.

Parameters:

sb	The string buffer to write the mode into. This makes the function thread safe if the buffer is suitable.
mode	the permission mode bits to be decoded

Definition at line 58 of file permission_mode.c.

mode_t explain_permission_mode_parse_or_die	(	const char *	text,
		const char *	caption
	)

The explain_permission_mode_parse_or_die function may be used to parse a strings containing a symbolic representation of a permission mode, turning it into a permission mode value.

Parameters:

text	The text to be parsed to extract a permission mode value.
caption	additional text to add to the start of the error message

Returns:

permission mode value

Note:

If there is a parse error, a fatal error message is printed, and exit(EXIT_FAILURE) is called. If there is an error, this function will not return.

Definition at line 100 of file permission_mode.c.