ea_error(3EXACCT) Extended Accounting File Access Library Functions ea_error(3EXACCT)
NAME
ea_error - error interface to extended accounting library
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lexacct [ library ... ]
#include <exacct.h>
int ea_error(void);
DESCRIPTION
The ea_error() function returns the error value of the last failure recorded by the invocation of one of the functions of the extended
accounting library, libexacct.
RETURN VALUES
EXR_CORRUPT_FILE A function failed because the file was not a valid exacct file.
EXR_EOF A function detected the end of the file, either when reading forwards or backwards through the file.
EXR_INVALID_BUF When unpacking an object, an invalid unpack buffer was specified.
EXR_INVALID_OBJ The object type passed to the function is not valid for the requested operation, for example passing a group object
to ea_set_item(3EXACCT).
EXR_NO_CREATOR When creating a new file no creator was specified, or when opening a file for reading the creator value did not
match the value in the file.
EXR_NOTSUPP An unsupported type of access was attempted, for example attempting to write to a file that was opened read-only.
EXR_OK The function completed successfully.
EXR_SYSCALL_FAIL A system call invoked by the function failed. The errno variable contains the error value set by the
underlying call.
EXR_UNKN_VERSION The file referred to by name uses an exacct file version that cannot be processed by this library.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+----------------------+------------------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+----------------------+------------------------------------+
|Interface Stability | Evolving |
+----------------------+------------------------------------+
|MT-Level | MT-Safe |
+----------------------+------------------------------------+
SEE ALSO
read(2), libexacct(3LIB), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 29 Nov 2001 ea_error(3EXACCT)
