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ERRNO(3P)                  POSIX Programmer's Manual                 ERRNO(3P)
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NAME
       errno -- error return value
SYNOPSIS
       #include <errno.h>
DESCRIPTION
       The lvalue errno is used by many functions to return error values.
       Many functions provide an error number in errno, which has type int and
       is  defined  in  <errno.h>.   The  value of errno shall be defined only
       after a call to a function for which it is explicitly stated to be  set
       and until it is changed by the next function call or if the application
       assigns it a value. The value of errno should only be examined when  it
       is  indicated  to  be  valid by a function's return value. Applications
       shall obtain the definition of errno by the inclusion of <errno.h>.  No
       function  in this volume of POSIX.1-2008 shall set errno to 0. The set-
       ting of errno after a successful call  to  a  function  is  unspecified
       unless  the description of that function specifies that errno shall not
       be modified.
       It is unspecified whether errno is a macro or  an  identifier  declared
       with  external linkage. If a macro definition is suppressed in order to
       access an actual object, or a program defines an  identifier  with  the
       name errno, the behavior is undefined.
       The  symbolic  values stored in errno are documented in the ERRORS sec-
       tions on all relevant pages.
RETURN VALUE
       None.
ERRORS
       None.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
       None.
APPLICATION USAGE
       Previously both POSIX and X/Open documents were more  restrictive  than
       the  ISO C  standard  in  that  they required errno to be defined as an
       external variable, whereas the ISO C standard required only that  errno
       be defined as a modifiable lvalue with type int.
       An  application  that  needs to examine the value of errno to determine
       the error should set it to 0 before a function call,  then  inspect  it
       before a subsequent function call.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       Section 2.3, Error Numbers
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <errno.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard
       is  the  referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
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