1 /* error.c -- error handler for noninteractive utilities
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of the GNU C Library. Its master source is NOT part of
5 the C library, however. The master source lives in /gd/gnu/lib.
7 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
9 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
10 License, or (at your option) any later version.
12 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 Library General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
18 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
19 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
20 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
22 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
30 #if HAVE_VPRINTF || HAVE_DOPRNT || _LIBC
33 # define VA_START(args, lastarg) va_start(args, lastarg)
36 # define VA_START(args, lastarg) va_start(args)
39 # define va_alist a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6, a7, a8
40 # define va_dcl char *a1, *a2, *a3, *a4, *a5, *a6, *a7, *a8;
43 #if STDC_HEADERS || _LIBC
51 #define _(String) String
54 /* If NULL, error will flush stdout, then print on stderr the program
55 name, a colon and a space. Otherwise, error will call this
56 function without parameters instead. */
57 void (*error_print_progname
) (
63 /* This variable is incremented each time `error' is called. */
64 unsigned int error_message_count
;
67 /* In the GNU C library, there is a predefined variable for this. */
69 #define program_name program_invocation_name
74 /* The calling program should define program_name and set it to the
75 name of the executing program. */
76 extern char *program_name
;
79 # ifndef strerror /* On some systems, strerror is a macro */
84 private_strerror (errnum
)
87 extern char *sys_errlist
[];
90 if (errnum
> 0 && errnum
<= sys_nerr
)
91 return sys_errlist
[errnum
];
92 return _("Unknown system error");
94 #define strerror private_strerror
95 #endif /* HAVE_STRERROR */
98 /* Print the program name and error message MESSAGE, which is a printf-style
99 format string with optional args.
100 If ERRNUM is nonzero, print its corresponding system error message.
101 Exit with status STATUS if it is nonzero. */
105 #if defined(VA_START) && __STDC__
106 error (int status
, int errnum
, const char *message
, ...)
108 error (status
, errnum
, message
, va_alist
)
119 if (error_print_progname
)
120 (*error_print_progname
) ();
124 fprintf (stderr
, "%s: ", program_name
);
128 VA_START (args
, message
);
129 # if HAVE_VPRINTF || _LIBC
130 vfprintf (stderr
, message
, args
);
132 _doprnt (message
, args
, stderr
);
136 fprintf (stderr
, message
, a1
, a2
, a3
, a4
, a5
, a6
, a7
, a8
);
139 ++error_message_count
;
141 fprintf (stderr
, ": %s", strerror (errnum
));
148 /* Sometimes we want to have at most one error per line. This
149 variable controls whether this mode is selected or not. */
150 int error_one_per_line
;
153 #if defined(VA_START) && __STDC__
154 error_at_line (int status
, int errnum
, const char *file_name
,
155 unsigned int line_number
, const char *message
, ...)
157 error_at_line (status
, errnum
, file_name
, line_number
, message
, va_alist
)
160 const char *file_name
;
161 unsigned int line_number
;
170 if (error_one_per_line
)
172 static const char *old_file_name
;
173 static unsigned int old_line_number
;
175 if (old_line_number
== line_number
&&
176 (file_name
== old_file_name
|| !strcmp (old_file_name
, file_name
)))
177 /* Simply return and print nothing. */
180 old_file_name
= file_name
;
181 old_line_number
= line_number
;
184 if (error_print_progname
)
185 (*error_print_progname
) ();
189 fprintf (stderr
, "%s:", program_name
);
192 if (file_name
!= NULL
)
193 fprintf (stderr
, "%s:%d: ", file_name
, line_number
);
196 VA_START (args
, message
);
197 # if HAVE_VPRINTF || _LIBC
198 vfprintf (stderr
, message
, args
);
200 _doprnt (message
, args
, stderr
);
204 fprintf (stderr
, message
, a1
, a2
, a3
, a4
, a5
, a6
, a7
, a8
);
207 ++error_message_count
;
209 fprintf (stderr
, ": %s", strerror (errnum
));