EFOPEN(3)                    UNIX System V(local)                     EFOPEN(3)


NAME
      efopen - open a stream, checking for errors

SYNOPSIS
      FILE *
      efopen(file, mode)
      char *file;
      char *mode;

DESCRIPTION
      Efopen invokes fopen(3) and checks the result for errors.  In the absence
      of errors, it returns the stream pointer; in the presence of errors, it
      prints a message and exits.

SEE ALSO
      fopen(3), error(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
      Exit status, in the event of error, is 1.

HISTORY
      Local product, roughly following the one in Kernighan&Pike.
































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