08-15-2009
Did you read up on what perror() does?
Quote:
Originally Posted by man perror
The perror() function finds the error message corresponding to the current value of the global variable errno and writes it, followed by a newline, to the standard error file descriptor. If the argument s is non-NULL and does not point to the null character, this string is prepended to the message string and separated from it by a colon and space (": "); otherwise, only the error message string is printed.
Since neither you nor any other function set errno, it's probably defaulted to zero, which means success.
If you want to output any error messages that stem from logical errors, I'd suggest writing them to stderr via fprintf.
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perror(3) Library Functions Manual perror(3)
NAME
perror - Writes a message explaining the current setting of errno
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc.a, libc.so)
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h>
void perror(
const char *string);
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
perror(): ISO C, POSIX.1, XPG4, XPG4-UNIX
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
PARAMETERS
Points to a string containing the name of the program that caused the error.
DESCRIPTION
The perror() function writes a message on the standard error stream that describes the current setting of the external variable errno. The
error message includes the string pointed to by the string parameter, followed by a : (colon), a blank, the system message string, and a
newline character. The string parameter string should point to the name of the program that caused the error.
To get the system error message string for use by a program, as opposed to displaying it on standard error, use the strerror() function.
For more information, see strerror(3).
RELATED INFORMATION
Routines: printf(3), strerror(3)
Standards: standards(5) delim off
perror(3)