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1 | .TH error_temp 3 |
| 2 | .SH NAME | |
| 3 | error_temp \- identify soft syscall error codes | |
| 4 | .SH SYNTAX | |
| 5 | .B #include <error.h> | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | int \fBerror_temp\fP(\fIe\fR); | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | int \fIe\fR; | |
| 10 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 11 | .B error_temp | |
| 12 | returns 1 if syscall error code | |
| 13 | .I e | |
| 14 | is a soft error, 0 if it is a hard error. | |
| 15 | Normally | |
| 16 | .I e | |
| 17 | is | |
| 18 | .BR errno . | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | A hard error is persistent: | |
| 21 | file not found, read-only file system, symbolic link loop, etc. | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | A soft error is usually transient: | |
| 24 | out of memory, out of disk space, I/O error, disk quota exceeded, | |
| 25 | connection refused, host unreachable, etc. | |
| 26 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 27 | error(3) |