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author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2005-01-03 06:40:20 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man9/error.9p b/man/man9/error.9p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6380f64f --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man9/error.9p @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +.TH ERROR 9P +.SH NAME +error \- return an error +.SH SYNOPSIS +.ta \w'\fLRerror 'u +.IR size [4] +.B Rerror +.IR tag [2] +.IR ename [ s ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B Rerror +message +(there is no +.BR Terror ) +is used to return an error string +describing the +failure of a transaction. +It replaces the corresponding reply message +that would accompany a successful call; its tag is that +of the failing request. +.PP +By convention, clients may truncate error messages after +.B ERRMAX-1 +bytes; +.B ERRMAX +is defined in +.BR <libc.h> . |