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| author | John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> | 2012-06-01 18:58:45 -0700 |
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| committer | John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> | 2012-06-01 18:58:45 -0700 |
| commit | b732a73bc773789894466b0e5320b2f1fe42c7e9 (patch) | |
| tree | 385358983f064a1f10a5080b33a3ba13010886db /error_temp.3 | |
| parent | 634d365a03cb0581a062cd3cf4db9ae69f1cde26 (diff) | |
original, as downloaded from http://www.qmail.org/netqmail-1.06.tar.gz
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diff --git a/error_temp.3 b/error_temp.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f8229d --- /dev/null +++ b/error_temp.3 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.TH error_temp 3 +.SH NAME +error_temp \- identify soft syscall error codes +.SH SYNTAX +.B #include <error.h> + +int \fBerror_temp\fP(\fIe\fR); + +int \fIe\fR; +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B error_temp +returns 1 if syscall error code +.I e +is a soft error, 0 if it is a hard error. +Normally +.I e +is +.BR errno . + +A hard error is persistent: +file not found, read-only file system, symbolic link loop, etc. + +A soft error is usually transient: +out of memory, out of disk space, I/O error, disk quota exceeded, +connection refused, host unreachable, etc. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +error(3) |