libexplain/time_or_die.c File Reference

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

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Functions
time_t	explain_time_or_die (time_t *t)

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Function Documentation

time_t explain_time_or_die

(

time_t *

t

)

The explain_time_or_die 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, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

Parameters:

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

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see time(2) 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:

 time_t result = explain_time_or_die(t);

Definition at line 26 of file time_or_die.c.