NAME¶

errmsg() - prints error message

SYNOPSIS¶

errmsg (format, arg1...argn)
char *format;

DESCRIPTION¶

errmsg() prints on the error output stream, a message corresponding to the last error encountered by the system on behalf of the process. errmsg() begins its output with the current program name (as passed to it by exec ). The message can be expanded with additional arguments, in the same form printf() would.

RETURNS¶

none

EXAMPLES¶

while (more_args) {
	if (( f = fileopen(arg, "r")) == NULL) {
		errmsg("Skipping file %s.\n", arg);
		continue;
	}
	doit(f)
}

SEE ALSO¶

comerr(3), comerrno(3), error(3), geterrno(3), printf(3), format(3)

NOTES¶

errmsg() is identical to comerr() except that instead of exiting, errmsg() prints the error message and returns to the caller.