osf1 man page for t_error

t_error(3)						     Library Functions Manual							t_error(3)

NAME
       t_error - Produces error message

LIBRARY
       XTI Library (libxti.a)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <xti.h>

       int t_error(
	 char *errmsg) ;
	 extern char *t_errlist[] ;
	 extern int t_nerr ;

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:

       t_error():  XNS4.0

       Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.

PARAMETERS
       The following table summarizes the relevance of input parameter data before and after t_error() is called:

							  Parameter   Before Call   After Call
							  -------------------------------------
							  errmsg	   y		n
       Notes to table:
	      y    This is a meaningful parameter.
	      n    This is not a meaningful parameter.

       errmsg	 Points to a user-supplied error message character string that lends proper context to the nature of the detected error.

VALID STATES
       The t_errno() function can be called in any transport provider state except T_UNINIT.

DESCRIPTION
       The  t_error()  function is a general utility function used to produce an error message on the standard error output device. The error mes-
       sage describes the last error encountered during execution of an XTI function.  The user-supplied error message is printed, followed  by  a
       colon  and  a standard error message for the current error defined in t_errno.  When t_errno is [TSYSERR], t_error() also prints a standard
       error message for the current value contained in errno.	The error number, t_errno, is set only when an error occurs  and  is  not  cleared
       when XTI functions execute successfully.

       The  language  for  error message strings written by t_error() is defined by the implementation. If it is English, the error message string
       describing the value in t_errno is identical to the comments following the t_errno codes defined in xti.h. The contents of the  error  mes-
       sage strings describing the value in errno are the same as those returned by the strerror(3) function with an argument of errno.

       To  simplify  variant formatting of messages, the array of message strings named t_errlist is specified. Variable t_errno may be used as an
       index into this table to get a relevant message string without an ending newline character. External variable t_nerr specifies the  maximum
       number of messages in the t_errlist table.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, a value of 0 (zero) is returned.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined for the t_errno() function.

RELATED INFORMATION
       Functions:  t_accept(3),  t_alloc(3),  t_bind(3), t_close(3), t_connect(3), t_free(3), t_getinfo(3), t_getstate(3), t_listen(3), t_look(3),
       t_open(3),  t_optmgmt(3),  t_rcv(3),  t_rcvconnect(3),  t_rcvdis(3),  t_rcvrel(3),  t_rcvudata(3),  t_rcvuderr(3),  t_snd(3),  t_snddis(3),
       t_sndrel(3), t_sndudata(3), t_sync(3), t_unbind(3) delim off

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