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explain_socketpair(3)	   Library Functions Manual	 explain_socketpair(3)

NAME
       explain_socketpair - explain socketpair(2) errors

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<libexplain/socketpair.h>
       const char *explain_socketpair(int domain, int type, int	protocol, int
       *sv);
       const char *explain_errno_socketpair(int	errnum,	int domain, int	type,
       int protocol, int *sv);
       void explain_message_socketpair(char *message, int message_size,	int
       domain, int type, int protocol, int *sv);
       void explain_message_errno_socketpair(char *message, int	message_size,
       int errnum, int domain, int type, int protocol, int *sv);

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

   explain_socketpair
       const char *explain_socketpair(int domain, int type, int	protocol, int
       *sv);

       The explain_socketpair function is used to obtain an explanation	of  an
       error  returned by the socketpair(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
       decoded.

       domain  The original domain, exactly as	passed	to  the	 socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       type    The  original type, exactly as passed to	the socketpair(2) sys-
	       tem call.

       protocol
	       The original protocol, exactly as passed	to  the	 socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       sv      The  original sv, exactly as passed to the socketpair(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 argument list.  This will be overwritten by the next call
	       to  any libexplain 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 (socketpair(domain, type, protocol, sv) < 0)
	      {
		  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_socketpair(domain, type,
		  protocol, sv));
		  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	      }

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

   explain_errno_socketpair
       const char *explain_errno_socketpair(int	errnum,	int domain, int	type,
       int protocol, int *sv);

       The explain_errno_socketpair function is	used to	obtain an  explanation
       of  an  error returned by the socketpair(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.

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

       domain  The  original  domain,  exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       type    The original type, exactly as passed to the socketpair(2)  sys-
	       tem call.

       protocol
	       The  original  protocol,	exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       sv      The original sv,	exactly	as passed to the socketpair(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 argument list.  This will be overwritten by the next call
	       to any libexplain 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 (socketpair(domain, type, protocol, sv) < 0)
	      {
		  int err = errno;
		  fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", explain_errno_socketpair(err,	do-
		  main,	type, protocol,	sv));
		  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	      }

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

   explain_message_socketpair
       void explain_message_socketpair(char *message, int message_size,	int
       domain, int type, int protocol, int *sv);

       The  explain_message_socketpair	function is used to obtain an explana-
       tion of an error	returned by the	socketpair(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  de-
       tail.

       The  errno global variable will be used to obtain the error value to be
       decoded.

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

       message_size
	       The size	in bytes of the	location in which  to  store  the  re-
	       turned message.

       domain  The  original  domain,  exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       type    The original type, exactly as passed to the socketpair(2)  sys-
	       tem call.

       protocol
	       The  original  protocol,	exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       sv      The original sv,	exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)	system
	       call.

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

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

   explain_message_errno_socketpair
       void explain_message_errno_socketpair(char *message, int	message_size,
       int errnum, int domain, int type, int protocol, int *sv);

       The explain_message_errno_socketpair function is	used to	obtain an  ex-
       planation  of  an error returned	by the socketpair(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 suit-
	       able message return buffer is supplied, this function is	thread
	       safe.

       message_size
	       The size	in bytes of the	location in which  to  store  the  re-
	       turned message.

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

       domain  The  original  domain,  exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       type    The original type, exactly as passed to the socketpair(2)  sys-
	       tem call.

       protocol
	       The  original  protocol,	exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)
	       system call.

       sv      The original sv,	exactly	as passed to the socketpair(2)	system
	       call.

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

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

SEE ALSO
       socketpair(2)
	       create a	pair of	connected sockets

       explain_socketpair_or_die(3)
	       create a	pair of	connected sockets and report errors

COPYRIGHT
       libexplain version 1.3
       Copyright (C) 2010 Peter	Miller

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