libexplain/raise_or_die.c File Reference

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

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Functions
void	explain_raise_or_die (int sig)

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Function Documentation

void explain_raise_or_die

(

int

sig

)

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

Parameters:

sig	The sig, exactly as to be passed to the raise(3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see raise(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_raise_or_die(sig);

Definition at line 24 of file raise_or_die.c.