| James Morris | 460c747 | 2001-10-16 14:41:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .TH IPQ_ERRSTR 3 "16 October 2001" "Linux iptables 1.2" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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| 22 | .SH NAME |
| 23 | ipq_errstr, ipq_perror - libipq error handling routines |
| 24 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 25 | .B #include <linux/netfilter.h> |
| 26 | .br |
| 27 | .B #include <libipq.h> |
| 28 | .sp |
| 29 | .BI "char *ipq_errstr(" void ); |
| 30 | .br |
| 31 | .BI "void ipq_perror(const char *" s ); |
| 32 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 33 | The |
| 34 | .B ipq_errstr |
| 35 | function returns a descriptive error message based on the current |
| 36 | value of the internal |
| 37 | .B ipq_errno |
| 38 | variable. All libipq API functions set this internal variable |
| 39 | upon failure. |
| 40 | .PP |
| 41 | The |
| 42 | .B ipq_perror |
| 43 | function prints an error message to stderr corresponding to the |
| 44 | current value of the internal |
| 45 | .B ipq_error |
| 46 | variable, and the global |
| 47 | .B errno |
| 48 | variable (if set). The error message is prefixed with the string |
| 49 | .I s |
| 50 | as supplied by the application. If |
| 51 | .I s |
| 52 | is NULL, the error message is prefixed with the string "ERROR". |
| 53 | .SH RETURN VALUE |
| 54 | .B ipq_errstr |
| 55 | returns an error message as outlined above. |
| 56 | .SH BUGS |
| 57 | None known. |
| 58 | .SH AUTHOR |
| 59 | James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au> |
| 60 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
| James Morris | 460c747 | 2001-10-16 14:41:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 61 | Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Netfilter Core Team. |
| James Morris | 949810c | 2000-11-20 14:13:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | .PP |
| 63 | Distributed under the GNU General Public License. |
| 64 | .SH SEE ALSO |
| 65 | .BR iptables (8), |
| 66 | .BR libipq (3). |