libexplain/mkdtemp_on_error.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/errno.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/limits.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/stdlib.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/stdio.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/string.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/sys/param.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/sys/stat.h>
#include <libexplain/is_efault.h>
#include <libexplain/mkdtemp.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
static char *	mkdtemp (char *template)
char *	explain_mkdtemp_on_error (char *pathname)

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Function Documentation

char* explain_mkdtemp_on_error

(

char *

pathname

)

The explain_mkdtemp_on_error function is used to call the mkdtemp(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_mkdtemp(3) function.

Parameters:

pathname

The pathname, exactly as to be passed to the mkdtemp(3) system call.

Returns:

The value returned by the wrapped mkdtemp(3) system call.

Example:

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

 char *result = explain_mkdtemp_on_error(pathname);
 if (!result)
 {
     ...cope with error
     ...no need to print error message
 }

Definition at line 80 of file mkdtemp_on_error.c.

static char* mkdtemp

(

char *

template

)

[static]

Definition at line 35 of file mkdtemp_on_error.c.