addsev(3C) addsev(3C)
NAME
addsev() - define additional severities for formatting routines
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
The routine allows the user to define additional severities to be used by formatting routines (see pfmt(3C)) in the standard message for-
mat. sev is the severity level. It must be between 5 and 255 inclusively. sev_string is a character string to be associated for this
severity level. If the severity component of the flags parameter of the formatting routines matches sev, sev_string is printed as the
severity string.
The routine may be called multiple times to set up a list of associations. If sev is already set, sev_string overwrites the previous
string. If sev_string is NULL, the association is removed from the list.
assumes that sev_string has already been translated into a locale-specific string using the current locale.
RETURN VALUE
If successful, returns zero. Otherwise, it returns
EXAMPLE
This example writes the following message to standard output:
SEE ALSO
pfmt(3C), thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS COMPLIANCE
addsev(3C)
