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ERR(3)                                                                  Linux Programmer's Manual                                                                 ERR(3)

NAME
       err, verr, errx, verrx, warn, vwarn, warnx, vwarnx - formatted error messages

SYNOPSIS
       #include <err.h>

       noreturn void err(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);
       noreturn void errx(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);

       void warn(const char *fmt, ...);
       void warnx(const char *fmt, ...);

       #include <stdarg.h>

       noreturn void verr(int eval, const char *fmt, va_list args);
       noreturn void verrx(int eval, const char *fmt, va_list args);

       void vwarn(const char *fmt, va_list args);
       void vwarnx(const char *fmt, va_list args);

DESCRIPTION
       The err() and warn() family of functions display a formatted error message on the standard error output.  In all cases, the last component of the program name, a
       colon character, and a space are output.  If the fmt argument is not NULL, the printf(3)-like formatted error message is output.  The output is terminated  by  a
       newline character.

       The  err(), verr(), warn(), and vwarn() functions append an error message obtained from strerror(3) based on the global variable errno, preceded by another colon
       and space unless the fmt argument is NULL.

       The errx() and warnx() functions do not append an error message.

       The err(), verr(), errx(), and verrx() functions do not return, but exit with the value of the argument eval.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

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       β”‚Interface                                                                                                                      β”‚ Attribute     β”‚ Value          β”‚
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       β”‚err(), errx(), warn(), warnx(), verr(), verrx(), vwarn(), vwarnx()                                                             β”‚ Thread safety β”‚ MT-Safe locale β”‚
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CONFORMING TO
       These functions are nonstandard BSD extensions.

EXAMPLES
       Display the current errno information string and exit:

           p = malloc(size);
           if (p == NULL)
               err(EXIT_FAILURE, NULL);
           fd = open(file_name, O_RDONLY, 0);
           if (fd == -1)
               err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", file_name);

       Display an error message and exit:

           if (tm.tm_hour < START_TIME)
               errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "too early, wait until %s",
                       start_time_string);

       Warn of an error:

           fd = open(raw_device, O_RDONLY, 0);
           if (fd == -1)
               warnx("%s: %s: trying the block device",
                       raw_device, strerror(errno));
           fd = open(block_device, O_RDONLY, 0);
           if (fd == -1)
               err(EXIT_FAILURE, "%s", block_device);

SEE ALSO
       error(3), exit(3), perror(3), printf(3), strerror(3)

Linux                                                                          2021-03-22                                                                         ERR(3)