---
name: "error_temp"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "qmail"
version: "1.06-6.2~deb10u1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/error_temp"
---

# error\_temp(3)

identify soft syscall error codes

## NAME

error\_temp - identify soft syscall error codes

## SYNTAX

**#include \<error.h\>**

int **error\_temp**(*e*);

int *e*;

## DESCRIPTION

**error\_temp** returns 1 if syscall error code *e* is a soft error, 0 if it is a hard error. Normally *e* is **errno**.

A hard error is persistent: file not found, read-only file system, symbolic link loop, etc.

A soft error is usually transient: out of memory, out of disk space, I/O error, disk quota exceeded, connection refused, host unreachable, etc.

## SEE ALSO

[error(3)](/error/3.md)