libexplain/system_or_die.c File Reference

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

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Functions
int	explain_system_or_die (const char *command)

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Function Documentation

int explain_system_or_die

(

const char *

command

)

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

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

 explain_system_or_die(command);

Parameters:

command

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

Returns:

This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits, it does not return.

Definition at line 24 of file system_or_die.c.