.TH LIBHAIKU_PERROR 3 LIBHAIKU
.SH NAME
libhaiku_perror \- Print a poetic error message for the current error

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <libhaiku.h>

inline void libhaiku_perror(const char *\fIprefix\fP);
.fi
.PP
Link with
.IR \-lhaiku .

.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR libhaiku_perror ()
function prints an error message in the form of
a haiku, appropriate for the current value of
.BR errno ,
or if none are available, a generic one.
.PP
Unless
.I NULL
or empty, each line will be prefixed by the
string specified in the
.I prefix
parameter, followed by a colon and a space.

.SH RETURN VALUES
None.

.SH ERRORS
Errors are not detected, but can be checked by calling
.BR ferror (3)
for
.BR stderr (3)
afterwards.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR perror (3),
.BR libhaiku (7),
.BR libhaiku_perror2 (3),
.BR libhaiku_generic (3),
.BR libhaiku_strerror (3)