Hi,
yes, error(0,...) is a bit like warn(), it returns to the programm.
That supports what my man page says:
" If status has a nonzero value, then error() calls exit(3) to terminate
the program using the given value as the exit status."
may be you want an add on like:
"Otherwise error() returns."
re,
wh
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Von: Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. Februar 2021 22:55:13
An: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
Cc: linux-man@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; libc-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: error.3: What happens if status = 0
Hi Michael,
I think it's not quite clear what happens when status = 0; for
error[_at_line](3) from the text of the manual page. From the glibc
documentation[1], it seems that error(0, ...) is similar to warn(...),
isn't it?
Thanks,
Alex
[1]:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Error-Messages.html#Error-Messages>
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