nerror(3dn)

NAME

nerror − produce DECnet error messages

SYNTAX

nerror (s)
char *s;

ARGUMENTS

Input Argument

s Program name, such as dlogin, because the value of the s argument is the name of the program that incurred the error (as it is with perror).

DESCRIPTION

The nerror subroutine produces dnet_conn DECnet error messages by mapping standard ULTRIX errors to the appropriate DECnet error message. The resulting DECnet error text is written to the standard error file. The error number is taken from the external variable errno, which is set when errors occur but not cleared when nonerroneous calls are made.

When you write a program that uses dnet_conn, call nerror in order to return any DECnet system errors that occur.

RETURN VALUE

The DECnet error text is output to the standard error file.