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author | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2019-04-13 21:16:07 +0200 |
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committer | Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se> | 2019-04-13 21:16:07 +0200 |
commit | 5d887f76881df723864afae7278e7ac2531e96c4 (patch) | |
tree | 80a735f209a6f681de6dbbe7704a360cdb2cea61 | |
parent | Install and uninstall man pages (diff) | |
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Add liberror.7
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@kth.se>
-rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | liberror.7 | 80 |
2 files changed, 86 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ MAN3 =\ liberror_set_error.3\ liberror_set_error_errno.3 +MAN7 =\ + liberror.7 + LOBJ = $(OBJ:.o=.lo) @@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ install: liberror.a liberror.$(LIBEXT) mkdir -p -- "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include" mkdir -p -- "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/licenses/liberror" mkdir -p -- "$(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man3" + mkdir -p -- "$(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man7" cp -- liberror.a "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib" cp -- liberror.$(LIBEXT) "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/liberror.$(LIBMINOREXT)" ln -sf -- liberror.$(LIBMINOREXT) "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/liberror.$(LIBMAJOREXT)" @@ -73,12 +77,14 @@ install: liberror.a liberror.$(LIBEXT) cp -- liberror.h "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include" cp -- LICENSE "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/licenses/liberror" cp -- $(MAN3) "$(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man3" + cp -- $(MAN7) "$(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man7" uninstall: -rm -f -- "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/liberror."* -rm -f -- "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/liberror.h" -rm -rf -- "$(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/licenses/liberror" -cd -- "$(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man3" && rm -f -- $(MAN3) + -cd -- "$(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man7" && rm -f -- $(MAN7) clean: -rm -f -- *.o *.lo *.a *.so *.so.* *.su *.test diff --git a/liberror.7 b/liberror.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cfa4cc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/liberror.7 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.TH LIBERROR 7 2019-04-13 liberror +.SH NAME +liberror \- single interface for custom and standard errors +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +#include <liberror.h> +.fi +.PP +Link with +.IR \-lerror . +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B liberror +library provides a single interface for error handling. +Specifically this is intended for cases where some +errors are +.I errno +errors or other +.B libc +errors and there are library-specific, maybe for +multiple libraries, errors. +.PP +The errors are thread-local, support error description, +error source string (which function failed), and error +code with error code group (e.g. \(dqerrno\(dq, +\(dqaddrinfo\(dq or a library name), as well as cause +chains, extended details, and if linked together with +.BR liberror-backtrace , +backtraces. +.PP +The important functions are: +.TP +.BR liberror_get_error (3) +Get error for the calling thread. +.TP +.BR liberror_set_error (3) +Set error for the calling thread. +.TP +.BR liberror_set_error_errno (3) +Wrapper for the +.BR liberror_set_error (3) +function for +.I errno +errors. +.TP +.BR liberror_reset_error (3) +Remove error for the calling thread, needed because the +.BR liberror_set_error (3) +function otherwise stores the error as the cause of the +new error. +.TP +.BR liberror_print_error (3) +Print the error for the calling thread, include its +backtrace if the +.B liberror-backtrace +library is also linked, the errors cause, and optionally +remove the error for the calling thread. +.SH ERRORS +None. +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH APPLICATION USAGE +None. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS +None. +.SH NOTES +None. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR liberror.h (0), +.BR liberror_copy_error (3), +.BR liberror_free_error (3), +.BR liberror_get_error (3), +.BR liberror_print_bactrace (3), +.BR liberror_print_error (3), +.BR liberror_reset_error (3), +.BR liberror_save_backtrace (3), +.BR liberror_set_error (3), +.BR liberror_set_error_errno (3) |