libexplain/putenv_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/putenv.h>

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Functions
void	explain_putenv_or_die (char *string)

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Function Documentation

void explain_putenv_or_die

(

char *

string

)

The explain_putenv_or_die function is used to call the putenv(3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_putenv(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Parameters:

string

The string, exactly as to be passed to the putenv(3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see putenv(3) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Example:

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

 explain_putenv_or_die(string);

Definition at line 24 of file putenv_or_die.c.