EA_ERROR(3EXACCT)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 ALSOread(2), libexacct(3LIB), attributes(5)
Nov 29, 2001 EA_ERROR(3EXACCT)
