man pages section 3: Networking Library Functions

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

dlpi_strerror(3DLPI)

Name

dlpi_strerror - get DLPI error message

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –ldlpi [ library... ]
#include <libdlpi.h>

const char *dlpi_strerror(int err);

Description

The dlpi_strerror() function maps the error code in err into an error message string and returns a pointer to that string.

If err is DL_SYSERR, a string that describes the current value of errno is returned. Otherwise, if err corresponds to an error code listed in libdlpi.h or sys/dlpi.h, a string which describes that error is returned.

The string is not dynamically allocated and must not be freed by the caller.

Return Values

Upon success, the function returns a pointer to the error message string. If the error code is unknown, the string “Unknown DLPI error” is returned.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for description of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Committed
MT-Level
Safe

See also

libdlpi(3LIB), attributes(5)