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COM_ERR(3)							    COM_ERR(3)

NAME
       com_err - common error display routine

SYNOPSIS
	#include <com_err.h>

       void initialize_XXXX_error_table(void);

       void com_err(const char *whoami, long code,
	    const char *format, ...);

       const char *error_message(long code);

       const char *error_message_r(long code, char *buf);

       typedef void(*error_handler_t)(const char *whoami,
	    long code, const char *format, va_list args);

       error_handler_t set_com_err_hook(error_handler_t proc);

       error_handler_t reset_com_err_hook(void);

DESCRIPTION
       Com_err	displays  an error message on the standard error stream stderr
       (see stdio(3S)) composed of the whoami string, which should specify the
       program name or some subportion of a program, followed by an error mes‐
       sage generated from the code value (derived from compile_et(1)), and  a
       string produced using the format string and any following arguments, in
       the same style as fprintf(3).

       The behavior of com_err can be modified	using  set_com_err_hook;  this
       defines	a  procedure  which  is	 called	 with  the arguments passed to
       com_err, instead of the default internal procedure which sends the for‐
       matted  text  to	 error output.	Thus the error messages from a program
       can all easily be diverted to another form of diagnostic logging,  such
       as  syslog(3).	Reset_com_err_hook may be used to restore the behavior
       of com_err to its default form.	Both procedures	 return	 the  previous
       ``hook''	 value.	  These	 ``hook'' procedures must have the declaration
       given for proc above in the synopsis.

       The initialize_XXXX_error_table routine is  generated  mechanically  by
       compile_et(1)  from  a  source  file  containing	 names	and associated
       strings.	 Each table has a name of up to four characters, which is used
       in place of the XXXX in the name of the routine.	 These routines should
       be called before any of the corresponding error codes are used, so that
       the  com_err  library will recognize error codes from these tables when
       they are used.

       The functions error_message and error_message_r return the  error  mes‐
       sage  for  an  error  code.  error_message may return its error message
       inside a static buffer, and therefore is not reentrant; error_message_r
       will in these cases use the storage provided in buf, which should be at
       least COM_ERR_BUF_LEN bytes long.

       The com_err.h header file should be included in any  source  file  that
       uses routines from the com_err library; executable files must be linked
       using ``-lcom_err'' in  order  to  cause	 the  com_err  library	to  be
       included.

       Multithreaded	programs    must   perform   all   of	the   initial‐
       ize_XXXX_error_table calls serially, but may perform them  in  parallel
       with  com_err, error_message, and error_mesesage_r calls as long as the
       call to initialize_XXX_error_table for  a  given	 table	has  completed
       before	any   corresponding   error   codes   are   used.    Calls  to
       set_com_err_hook and reset_com_err_hook must also be performed serially
       or they may return the wrong old hook value.

SEE ALSO
       compile_et (1), syslog (3).

       Ken Raeburn, "A Common Error Description Library for UNIX".

SIPB				  22 Nov 1988			    COM_ERR(3)
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