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6 .TH VPFMT 3C "Dec 29, 1996"
8 vpfmt \- display error message in standard format and pass to logging and
16 \fBint\fR \fBvpfmt\fR(\fBFILE *\fR\fIstream\fR, \fBlong\fR \fIflag\fR, \fBconst char *\fR\fIformat\fR, \fBva_list\fR \fIap\fR);
22 The \fBvpfmt()\fR function is identical to \fBpfmt\fR(3C), except that it is
23 called with an argument list as defined by <\fBstdarg.h\fR>.
26 The <\fBstdarg.h\fR> header defines the type \fBva_list\fR and a set of macros
27 for advancing through a list of arguments whose number and types may vary. The
28 \fIap\fR argument is of type \fBva_list\fR. This argument is used with the
29 <\fBstdarg.h\fR> macros \fBva_start()\fR, \fBva_arg()\fR, and \fBva_end()\fR.
30 See \fBstdarg\fR(3EXT). The example in the \fBEXAMPLES\fR section below
31 demonstrates their use with \fBvpfmt()\fR.
35 Upon successful completion, \fBvpfmt()\fR returns the number of bytes
36 transmitted. Otherwise, \fB\(mi1\fR is returned if there was a write error to
40 \fBExample 1 \fRUse of \fBvpfmt()\fR to write an error routine.
43 The following example demonstrates how \fBvpfmt()\fR could be used to write an
44 \fBerror()\fR routine. The \fBva_alist()\fR macro is used as the parameter list
45 in a function definition. The \fBva_start(\fR\fIap\fR, .\|.\|.) call, where
46 \fIap\fR is of type \fBva_list\fR, must be invoked before any attempt to
47 traverse and access unnamed arguments. Calls to \fBva_arg(\fR\fIap\fR\fB,
48 \fR\fIatype\fR\fB)\fR traverse the argument list. Each execution of
49 \fBva_arg()\fR expands to an expression with the value and type of the next
50 argument in the list \fIap\fR, which is the same object initialized by
51 \fBva_start()\fR. The \fIatype\fR argument is the type that the returned
52 argument is expected to be. The \fBva_end(\fR\fIap\fR\fB)\fR macro must be
53 invoked when all desired arguments have been accessed. The argument list in
54 \fIap\fR can be traversed again if \fBva_start()\fR is called again after
55 \fBva_end()\fR. In the example below, \fBva_arg()\fR is executed first to
56 retrieve the format string passed to \fBerror()\fR. The remaining \fBerror()\fR
57 arguments (\fIarg1\fR, \fIarg2\fR, ...) are passed to \fBvpfmt()\fR in the
66 * error should be called like
67 * error(format, arg1, ...);
74 format = va_arg(ap, char *);
75 (void) vpfmt(stderr, MM_ERROR, format, ap);
85 Since \fBvpfmt()\fR uses \fBgettxt\fR(3C), it is recommended that \fBvpfmt()\fR
90 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
98 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
106 \fBgettxt\fR(3C), \fBpfmt\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstdarg\fR(3EXT)