1 /* error.c -- error handler for noninteractive utilities
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
26 #if HAVE_VPRINTF || HAVE_DOPRNT || _LIBC
29 # define VA_START(args, lastarg) va_start(args, lastarg)
32 # define VA_START(args, lastarg) va_start(args)
35 # define va_alist a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8
36 # define va_dcl char *a1, *a2, *a3, *a4, *a5, *a6, *a7, *a8;
39 #if STDC_HEADERS || _LIBC
46 /* This variable is incremented each time `error' is called. */
47 unsigned int error_message_count
;
49 /* If NULL, error will flush stdout, then print on stderr the program
50 name, a colon and a space. Otherwise, error will call this
51 function without parameters instead. */
52 void (*error_print_progname
) () = NULL
;
55 #define program_name program_invocation_name
58 /* The calling program should define program_name and set it to the
59 name of the executing program. */
60 extern char *program_name
;
62 #if HAVE_STRERROR || _LIBC
63 # ifndef strerror /* On some systems, strerror is a macro */
68 private_strerror (errnum
)
71 extern char *sys_errlist
[];
74 if (errnum
> 0 && errnum
<= sys_nerr
)
75 return sys_errlist
[errnum
];
76 return "Unknown system error";
78 #define strerror private_strerror
81 /* Print the program name and error message MESSAGE, which is a printf-style
82 format string with optional args.
83 If ERRNUM is nonzero, print its corresponding system error message.
84 Exit with status STATUS if it is nonzero. */
88 #if defined(VA_START) && __STDC__
89 error (int status
, int errnum
, const char *message
, ...)
91 error (status
, errnum
, message
, va_alist
)
102 if (error_print_progname
)
103 (*error_print_progname
) ();
107 fprintf (stderr
, "%s: ", program_name
);
111 VA_START (args
, message
);
112 # if HAVE_VPRINTF || _LIBC
113 vfprintf (stderr
, message
, args
);
115 _doprnt (message
, args
, stderr
);
119 fprintf (stderr
, message
, a1
, a2
, a3
, a4
, a5
, a6
, a7
, a8
);
122 ++error_message_count
;
125 fprintf (stderr
, ": %s", strerror (errnum
));