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Submitted by: Arne Henrik Juul <arnej@imf.unit.no>
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rnordier 1998-04-22 19:59:55 +00:00
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\" .\"
.\" From: @(#)err.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" From: @(#)err.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
.\" $Id: err.3,v 1.6 1997/02/22 14:58:02 peter Exp $ .\" $Id: err.3,v 1.7 1997/03/19 00:43:13 bde Exp $
.\" .\"
.Dd April 13, 1995 .Dd April 13, 1995
.Dt ERR 3 .Dt ERR 3
@ -83,18 +83,19 @@ In all cases, the last component of the program name, a colon character,
and a space are output. and a space are output.
If the If the
.Va fmt .Va fmt
argument is not NULL, the formatted error message, a colon character, argument is not NULL, the formatted error message is output.
and a space are output.
In the case of the In the case of the
.Fn err , .Fn err ,
.Fn verr , .Fn verr ,
.Fn warn , .Fn warn ,
and and
.Fn vwarn .Fn vwarn
functions, the error message string affiliated with the current value of functions,
the error message string affiliated with the current value of
the global variable the global variable
.Va errno .Va errno
is output. is also output,
preceded by another colon and space if necessary.
In all cases, the output is followed by a newline character. In all cases, the output is followed by a newline character.
.Pp .Pp
The The