libexplain/fork_on_error.c File Reference

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

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Functions
int	explain_fork_on_error (void)

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Function Documentation

int explain_fork_on_error

(

void

)

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

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

 if (explain_fork_on_error() < 0)
 {
     ...cope with error
     ...no need to print error message
 }

Returns:

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

Definition at line 27 of file fork_on_error.c.