libexplain/message/execlp.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/errno.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/stdarg.h>
#include <libexplain/buffer/errno/execlp.h>
#include <libexplain/execlp.h>
#include <libexplain/string_buffer.h>

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Functions
void	explain_message_execlp (char *message, int message_size, const char *pathname, const char *arg,...)

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Function Documentation

void explain_message_execlp	(	char *	message,
		int	message_size,
		const char *	pathname,
		const char *	arg,
			...
	)

The explain_message_execlp function is used to obtain an explanation of an error returned by the execlp(3) 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.
pathname	The pathname, exactly as to be passed to the execlp(3) system call.
arg	The argument list, exactly as to be passed to the execvp(3) system call.

Example:

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

 execlp(pathname, arg0, arg1, NULL);
 char message[3000];
 explain_message_execlp(message, sizeof(message), pathname, arg0, arg1,
     NULL);
 fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

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

Definition at line 28 of file execlp.c.