libexplain/strndup_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/string.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/strndup.h>

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Functions
char *	explain_strndup_or_die (const char *data, size_t data_size)

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Function Documentation

char* explain_strndup_or_die	(	const char *	data,
		size_t	data_size
	)

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

Parameters:

data	The data, exactly as to be passed to the strndup(3) system call.
data_size	The data_size, exactly as to be passed to the strndup(3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see strndup(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:

 char *result = explain_strndup_or_die(data, data_size);

Definition at line 26 of file strndup_or_die.c.