libexplain/telldir_or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/dirent.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>
#include <libexplain/telldir.h>

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Functions
long	explain_telldir_or_die (DIR *dir)

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Function Documentation

long explain_telldir_or_die

(

DIR *

dir

)

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

Parameters:

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

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see telldir(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:

 long result = explain_telldir_or_die(dir);

Definition at line 26 of file telldir_or_die.c.