exterr(1M) exterr(1M)NAME exterr - turn on/off the reporting of extended errors SYNOPSIS exterr /dev/devicename [choice] DESCRIPTION exterr turns on (or off) the reporting of extended errors on the specified device. choice may be y or n (for ```yes'' or ``no'') to turn error reporting on or off, respectively. If reporting of errors is turned ``off'' with the argument n, only fatal errors are reported. The default choice is ``yes'' (y), in which case soft as well as hard errors are reported on the specified device. The precise determination of what error messages are printed is specific to each device driver. In general, though, exterr may be used to reduce the amount of error information displayed. The devicename must be the ``raw'' one to access the ioctl. FILES /bin/exterr EXAMPLE exterr /dev/xxxx n turns to off the reporting of extended errors for device /dev/xxxx. April, 1990 1