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xo_err(3)

emit errors and warnings in multiple output styles

NAME

xo_err, xo_errc, xo_errx xo_warn, xo_warnx, xo_warn_c, xo_warn_hc – emit errors and warnings in multiple output styles

LIBRARY

library “libxo”

SYNOPSIS

#include <libxo/xo.h>

void

xo_warn(const char *fmt, ...);

void

xo_warnx(const char *fmt, ...);

void

xo_warn_c(int code, const char *fmt, ...);

void

xo_warn_hc(xo_handle_t *xop, int code, const char *fmt, ...);

void

xo_err(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);

void

xo_errc(int eval, int code, const char *fmt, ...);

void

xo_errx(int eval, const char *fmt, ...);

DESCRIPTION

Many programs make use of the standard library functions err(3) and warn(3) to generate errors and warnings for the user. libxo wants to pass that information via the current output style, and provides compatible functions to allow this.

The fmt argument is one compatible with printf(3) rather than xo_emit(3) to aid in simple conversion. This means these functions make unstructured data. To generate structured data, use the xo_emit_err(3) functions.

These functions display the program name, a colon, a formatted message based on the arguments, and then optionally a colon and an error message associated with either errno or the code parameter.

    EXAMPLE:
        if (open(filename, O_RDONLY) < 0)
            xo_err(1, "cannot open file '%s'", filename);

SEE ALSO

xo_emit(3), xo_emit_err(3), libxo(3)

HISTORY

The libxo library first appeared in FreeBSD 11.0.

AUTHORS

libxo was written by Phil Shafer ⟨[email protected]⟩.

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