libexplain/execve_on_error.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/errno.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/unistd.h>
#include <libexplain/execve.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
int	explain_execve_on_error (const char *pathname, char *const *argv, char *const *envp)

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Function Documentation

int explain_execve_on_error	(	const char *	pathname,
		char *const *	argv,
		char *const *	envp
	)

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

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

 explain_execve_on_error(pathname, argv, envp);
 ...cope with error
 ...no need to print error message

Parameters:

pathname	The pathname, exactly as to be passed to the execve(2) system call.
argv	The argv, exactly as to be passed to the execve(2) system call.
envp	The envp, exactly as to be passed to the execve(2) system call.

Returns:

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

Definition at line 27 of file execve_on_error.c.