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EA_ERROR 3EXACCT "Nov 29, 2001"
NAME
ea_error - error interface to extended accounting library
SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag.\|.\|. ] file.\|.\|. -lexacct [ library .\|.\|. ]
#include <exacct.h>

int ea_error(void);
DESCRIPTION

The ea_error() function returns the error value of the last failure recorded by the invocation of one of the functions of the extended accounting library, libexacct.

RETURN VALUES
EXR_CORRUPT_FILE

A function failed because the file was not a valid exacct file.

EXR_EOF

A function detected the end of the file, either when reading forwards or backwards through the file.

EXR_INVALID_BUF

When unpacking an object, an invalid unpack buffer was specified.

EXR_INVALID_OBJ

The object type passed to the function is not valid for the requested operation, for example passing a group object to ea_set_item(3EXACCT).

EXR_NO_CREATOR

When creating a new file no creator was specified, or when opening a file for reading the creator value did not match the value in the file.

EXR_NOTSUPP

An unsupported type of access was attempted, for example attempting to write to a file that was opened read-only.

EXR_OK

The function completed successfully.

EXR_SYSCALL_FAIL

A system call invoked by the function failed. The errno variable contains the error value set by the underlying call.

EXR_UNKN_VERSION

The file referred to by name uses an exacct file version that cannot be processed by this library.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Evolving
MT-Level MT-Safe
SEE ALSO

read (2), libexacct (3LIB), attributes (7)