libexplain/time_on_error.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/errno.h>
#include <libexplain/ac/time.h>
#include <libexplain/time.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
time_t	explain_time_on_error (time_t *t)

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Function Documentation

time_t explain_time_on_error

(

time_t *

t

)

The explain_time_on_error function is used to call the time(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from the explain_time(3) function.

Parameters:

t	The t, exactly as to be passed to the time(2) system call.

Returns:

The value returned by the wrapped time(2) system call.

Example:

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

 time_t result = explain_time_on_error(t);
 if (result < 0)
 {
     ...cope with error
     ...no need to print error message
 }

Definition at line 27 of file time_on_error.c.