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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

ERR_load_strings (3openssl)

Name

ERR_load_strings - load arbitrary error strings

Synopsis

#include <openssl/err.h>

void ERR_load_strings(int lib, ERR_STRING_DATA str[]);

int ERR_get_next_error_library(void);

unsigned long ERR_PACK(int lib, int func, int reason);

Description

OpenSSL                                             ERR_load_strings(3openssl)



NAME
       ERR_load_strings, ERR_PACK, ERR_get_next_error_library - load arbitrary
       error strings

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/err.h>

        void ERR_load_strings(int lib, ERR_STRING_DATA str[]);

        int ERR_get_next_error_library(void);

        unsigned long ERR_PACK(int lib, int func, int reason);

DESCRIPTION
       ERR_load_strings() registers error strings for library number lib.

       str is an array of error string data:

        typedef struct ERR_string_data_st
        {
               unsigned long error;
               char *string;
        } ERR_STRING_DATA;

       The error code is generated from the library number and a function and
       reason code: error = ERR_PACK(lib, func, reason).  ERR_PACK() is a
       macro.

       The last entry in the array is {0,0}.

       ERR_get_next_error_library() can be used to assign library numbers to
       user libraries at runtime.

RETURN VALUE
       ERR_load_strings() returns no value. ERR_PACK() return the error code.
       ERR_get_next_error_library() returns a new library number.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | library/security/openssl |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through uncommitted |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       err(3), ERR_load_strings(3)

HISTORY
       ERR_load_error_strings() and ERR_PACK() are available in all versions
       of SSLeay and OpenSSL. ERR_get_next_error_library() was added in SSLeay
       0.9.0.



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.openssl.org/.



1.0.2ze                           2022-05-03
                                                    ERR_load_strings(3openssl)