ERRNO(3)                   POSIX Programmer's Manual                  ERRNO(3)



PPRROOLLOOGG
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NNAAMMEE
       errno -- error return value

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       #include <errno.h>

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       The lvalue _e_r_r_n_o is used by many functions to return error values.

       Many functions provide an error number in _e_r_r_n_o, which has type iinntt and
       is defined in _<_e_r_r_n_o_._h_>.  The value of _e_r_r_n_o shall be defined only
       after a call to a function for which it is explicitly stated to be set
       and until it is changed by the next function call or if the application
       assigns it a value. The value of _e_r_r_n_o should only be examined when it
       is indicated to be valid by a function's return value. Applications
       shall obtain the definition of _e_r_r_n_o by the inclusion of _<_e_r_r_n_o_._h_>.  No
       function in this volume of POSIX.1-2008 shall set _e_r_r_n_o to 0. The
       setting of _e_r_r_n_o after a successful call to a function is unspecified
       unless the description of that function specifies that _e_r_r_n_o shall not
       be modified.

       It is unspecified whether _e_r_r_n_o is a macro or an identifier declared
       with external linkage. If a macro definition is suppressed in order to
       access an actual object, or a program defines an identifier with the
       name _e_r_r_n_o, the behavior is undefined.

       The symbolic values stored in _e_r_r_n_o are documented in the ERRORS
       sections on all relevant pages.

RREETTUURRNN VVAALLUUEE
       None.

EERRRROORRSS
       None.

       _T_h_e _f_o_l_l_o_w_i_n_g _s_e_c_t_i_o_n_s _a_r_e _i_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_v_e_.

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       None.

AAPPPPLLIICCAATTIIOONN UUSSAAGGEE
       Previously both POSIX and X/Open documents were more restrictive than
       the ISO C standard in that they required _e_r_r_n_o to be defined as an
       external variable, whereas the ISO C standard required only that _e_r_r_n_o
       be defined as a modifiable lvalue with type iinntt.

       An application that needs to examine the value of _e_r_r_n_o to determine
       the error should set it to 0 before a function call, then inspect it
       before a subsequent function call.

RRAATTIIOONNAALLEE
       None.

FFUUTTUURREE DDIIRREECCTTIIOONNSS
       None.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       _S_e_c_t_i_o_n _2_._3, _E_r_r_o_r _N_u_m_b_e_r_s

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <<eerrrrnnoo..hh>>

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
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