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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Selecting latest entry in the log file Post 303000650 by simpsa27 on Monday 17th of July 2017 06:26:12 AM
Old 07-17-2017
Thank you so much Ravinder!

That works just how I need it. Fantatsic.

Can I ask you to explain it so I can get a better understanding!

Cheers
Alex
 

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explain_fopen_or_die(3) 				     Library Functions Manual					   explain_fopen_or_die(3)

NAME
explain_fopen_or_die - open file and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/fopen.h> FILE *explain_fopen_or_die(const char *pathname, const char *flags); DESCRIPTION
The explain_fopen_or_die() function opens the file whose name is the string pointed to by pathname and associates a stream with it. See fopen(3) for more information. This is a quick and simple way for programs to constitently report file open errors in a consistent and detailed fahion. RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion explain_fopen_or_die returns a FILE pointer. If an error occurs, explain_fopen will be called to explain the error, which will be printed onto stderr, and then the process will termi- nate by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). SEE ALSO
fopen(3) stream open functions explain_fopen(3) explain fopen(3) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller AUTHOR
Written by Peter Miller <pmiller@opensource.org.au> explain_fopen_or_die(3)
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