libexplain/putw_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/stdio.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/putw.h>

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Functions
void	explain_putw_or_die (int value, FILE *fp)

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Function Documentation

void explain_putw_or_die	(	int	value,
		FILE *	fp
	)

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

Parameters:

value	The value, exactly as to be passed to the putw(3) system call.
fp	The fp, exactly as to be passed to the putw(3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see putw(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_putw_or_die(value, fp);

Definition at line 26 of file putw_or_die.c.