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explain_nanosleep(3)	    Library Functions Manual	    explain_nanosleep(3)

NAME
     explain_nanosleep - explain nanosleep(2) errors

SYNOPSIS
     #include <libexplain/nanosleep.h>
     const char *explain_nanosleep(const struct timespec *req, struct timespec
     *rem);
     const char *explain_errno_nanosleep(int errnum, const struct timespec *req,
     struct timespec *rem);
     void explain_message_nanosleep(char *message, int message_size, const
     struct timespec *req, struct timespec *rem);
     void explain_message_errno_nanosleep(char *message, int message_size, int
     errnum, const struct timespec *req, struct timespec *rem);

DESCRIPTION
     These  functions  may be used to obtain explanations for errors returned by
     the nanosleep(2) system call.

   explain_nanosleep
     const char *explain_nanosleep(const struct timespec *req, struct timespec
     *rem);

     The explain_nanosleep function is used to obtain an explanation of an error
     returned by the nanosleep(2) system call. The least the message  will  con-
     tain  is  the value of strerror(errno), but usually it will do much better,
     and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

     The errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be  de-
     coded.

     req     The  original  req,  exactly  as  passed to the nanosleep(2) system
	     call.

     rem     The original rem, exactly as  passed  to  the  nanosleep(2)  system
	     call.

     Returns:
	     The  message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared by
	     all libexplain functions which do not supply a buffer in their  ar-
	     gument list.  This will be overwritten by the next call to any lib-
	     explain function which shares this buffer, including other threads.

     Note:  This  function is not thread safe, because it shares a return buffer
     across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

     Example: This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar  to  the
     following example:
	    if (nanosleep(req, rem) < 0)
	    {
		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_nanosleep(req, rem));
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	    }

     The   above   code   example   is	 available   pre-packaged   as	the  ex-
     plain_nanosleep_or_die(3) function.

   explain_errno_nanosleep
     const char *explain_errno_nanosleep(int errnum, const struct timespec *req,
     struct timespec *rem);

     The explain_errno_nanosleep function is used to obtain an explanation of an
     error returned by the nanosleep(2) system call.  The least the message will
     contain is the value of strerror(errno), but usually it will do  much  bet-
     ter, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

     errnum  The  error  value	to  be	decoded, usually obtained from the errno
	     global variable just before this function is called. This is neces-
	     sary if you need to call any code between the system call to be ex-
	     plained and this function, because many libc functions  will  alter
	     the value of errno.

     req     The  original  req,  exactly  as  passed to the nanosleep(2) system
	     call.

     rem     The original rem, exactly as  passed  to  the  nanosleep(2)  system
	     call.

     Returns:
	     The  message explaining the error. This message buffer is shared by
	     all libexplain functions which do not supply a buffer in their  ar-
	     gument list.  This will be overwritten by the next call to any lib-
	     explain function which shares this buffer, including other threads.

     Note:  This  function is not thread safe, because it shares a return buffer
     across all threads, and many other functions in this library.

     Example: This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar  to  the
     following example:
	    if (nanosleep(req, rem) < 0)
	    {
		int err = errno;
		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_errno_nanosleep(err, req, rem));
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	    }

     The   above   code   example   is	 available   pre-packaged   as	the  ex-
     plain_nanosleep_or_die(3) function.

   explain_message_nanosleep
     void explain_message_nanosleep(char *message, int message_size, const
     struct timespec *req, struct timespec *rem);

     The explain_message_nanosleep function is used to obtain an explanation  of
     an  error	returned by the nanosleep(2) system call.  The least the message
     will contain is the value of strerror(errno), but usually it will	do  much
     better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

     The  errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be de-
     coded.

     message
	     The location in which to store the returned message. If a	suitable
	     message return buffer is supplied, this function is thread safe.

     message_size
	     The  size	in  bytes of the location in which to store the returned
	     message.

     req     The original req, exactly as  passed  to  the  nanosleep(2)  system
	     call.

     rem     The  original  rem,  exactly  as  passed to the nanosleep(2) system
	     call.

     Example: This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar  to  the
     following example:
	    if (nanosleep(req, rem) < 0)
	    {
		char message[3000];
		explain_message_nanosleep(message, sizeof(message), req, rem);
		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	    }

     The   above   code   example   is	 available   pre-packaged   as	the  ex-
     plain_nanosleep_or_die(3) function.

   explain_message_errno_nanosleep
     void explain_message_errno_nanosleep(char *message, int message_size, int
     errnum, const struct timespec *req, struct timespec *rem);

     The explain_message_errno_nanosleep function is used to obtain an	explana-
     tion  of  an error returned by the nanosleep(2) system call.  The least the
     message will contain is the value of strerror(errno), but usually	it  will
     do much better, and indicate the underlying cause in more detail.

     message
	     The  location in which to store the returned message. If a suitable
	     message return buffer is supplied, this function is thread safe.

     message_size
	     The size in bytes of the location in which to  store  the	returned
	     message.

     errnum  The  error  value	to  be	decoded, usually obtained from the errno
	     global variable just before this function is called. This is neces-
	     sary if you need to call any code between the system call to be ex-
	     plained and this function, because many libc functions  will  alter
	     the value of errno.

     req     The  original  req,  exactly  as  passed to the nanosleep(2) system
	     call.

     rem     The original rem, exactly as  passed  to  the  nanosleep(2)  system
	     call.

     Example:  This  function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the
     following example:
	    if (nanosleep(req, rem) < 0)
	    {
		int err = errno;
		char message[3000];
		explain_message_errno_nanosleep(message, sizeof(message), err,
		req, rem);
		fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", message);
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	    }

     The  above  code	example   is   available   pre-packaged   as   the   ex-
     plain_nanosleep_or_die(3) function.

SEE ALSO
     nanosleep(2)
	     high-resolution sleep

     explain_nanosleep_or_die(3)
	     high-resolution sleep and report errors

COPYRIGHT
     libexplain version 1.3
     Copyright (C) 2013 Peter Miller

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