ea_error(3EXACCExtended Accounting File Access Library Functiea_error(3EXACCT)NAMEea_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 speci‐
fied, 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(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌──────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├──────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ Evolving │
├──────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │ MT-Safe │
└──────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOread(2), libexacct(3LIB), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 29 Nov 2001 ea_error(3EXACCT)