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- From: John Quarterman (moderator) <std-unix-request@ut-sally>
- Topic: Re: standardized error messages
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- From: oliveb!jerry@fortune.uucp (Jerry Aguirre)
- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 85 21:42:10 pdt
- Subject: Re: standardized error messages
- References: <2391@ut-sally.UUCP>
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- > From: Mike Trachtman <wizard%wisdom.bitnet@WISCVM.ARPA>
- > Is any thought being given to having the compilers, grep, etc.
- > give error messages in a standard form, so
- > that programs will be able to parse them.
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- The sys V announcment that I attended included discussion not only of
- getopt but of an error library routine.
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- I don't have the syntax handy but it included the severity of the error
- (warning vs. error vs. fatal), a user supplied message, and optionally
- the errno determined system error message.
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- I have seen several postings of source which use a similar routine.
- Does anyone at ATT care to comment on whether an error routine will be
- included and what the syntax is?
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- Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
- {hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!jerry
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