explain_fopen_or_die(3) - Linux man page

Name

explain_fopen_or_die - open file and report errors

Synopsis

#include <libexplain/fopen.h>

FILE *explain_fopen_or_die(const char *pathname, const char *flags);

Description

The explain_fopen_or_die() function opens the file whose name is the string pointed to by pathname and associates a stream with it. See fopen(3) for more information.

This is a quick and simple way for programs to constitently report file open errors in a consistent and detailed fahion.

Return Value

Upon successful completion explain_fopen_or_die returns a FILE pointer.

If an error occurs, explain_fopen will be called to explain the error, which will be printed onto stderr, and then the process will terminate by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).

See Also

fopen(3)

stream open functions

explain_fopen(3)

explain fopen(3) errors

exit(2)

terminate the calling process

Copyright

libexplain version 0.52
Copyright © 2008 Peter Miller

Author

Written by Peter Miller <pmiller@opensource.org.au>