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IPSEC_STRERROR(3)	    Library Functions Manual	     IPSEC_STRERROR(3)

NAME
       ipsec_strerror  -- error	messages for the IPsec policy manipulation li-
       brary

LIBRARY
       IPsec Policy Control Library (libipsec, -lipsec)

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<netinet6/ipsec.h>

       const char *
       ipsec_strerror(void);

DESCRIPTION
       netinet6/ipsec.h	declares

	     extern int	ipsec_errcode;

       which is	used to	pass an	error code from	the IPsec policy  manipulation
       library to a program.  ipsec_strerror() can be used to obtain the error
       message string for the error code.

       The  array  pointed  to	is  not	to be modified by the calling program.
       Since ipsec_strerror() uses strerror(3) as underlying function, calling
       strerror(3) after ipsec_strerror() will	make  the  return  value  from
       ipsec_strerror()	invalid	or overwritten.

RETURN VALUES
       ipsec_strerror()	 always	returns	a pointer to a C string.  The C	string
       must not	be overwritten by the calling program.

SEE ALSO
       ipsec_set_policy(3)

HISTORY
       ipsec_strerror()	first appeared in the WIDE/KAME	 IPv6  protocol	 stack
       kit.

BUGS
       ipsec_strerror()	 will  return  its  result which may be	overwritten by
       subsequent calls.

       ipsec_errcode is	not thread safe.

FreeBSD	Ports 14.quarterly	  May 6, 1998		     IPSEC_STRERROR(3)

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