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explain_pclose_or_die

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
explain_pclose_or_die
explain_pclose_success_or_die
explain_pclose_success
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NAME

explain_pclose_or_die - process I/O and report errors

SYNOPSIS

#include <libexplain/pclose.h>
int explain_pclose_or_die(FILE *fp);
int explain_pclose_success(FILE *fp);
void explain_pclose_success_or_die(FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

These functions may be used to wait for program termination, and then reprt errors returned by the pclose (3) system call.

explain_pclose_or_die

int explain_pclose_or_die(FILE *fp);

The explain_pclose_or_die function is used to call the pclose (3) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr , obtained from explain_pclose (3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

int status = explain_pclose_or_die(fp);

The fp, exactly as to be passed to the pclose (3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success, see pclose (3) for more information. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.

explain_pclose_success_or_die

void explain_pclose_success_or_die(FILE *);

The explain_pclose_success_or_die function is used to call the pclose (3) system call. On failure, including any exit status other than EXIT_SUCCESS, an explanation will be printed to stderr , obtained from explain_pclose (3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

explain_pclose_success_or_die(fp);

The fp, exactly as to be passed to the pclose (3) system call.

Returns:

This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.

explain_pclose_success

int explain_pclose_success(FILE *fp);

The explain_pclose_success function is used to call the pclose (3) system call. On failure, including any exit status other than EXIT_SUCCESS, an explanation will be printed to stderr , obtained from explain_pclose (3). However, the priniting of an error message does not also cause exit (2) to be called.

This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

int status = explain_pclose_success(command);

The fp, exactly as to be passed to the pclose (3) system call.

Returns:

the value returned by the pclose (3) system call. In all cases other than EXIT_SUCCESS, an error message will also have been printed to stderr.