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| 24 | .\" $Id: dwarf_errmsg.3 2073 2011-10-27 03:30:47Z jkoshy $ |
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| 26 | .Dd December 12, 2009 |
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| 27 | .Os |
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| 28 | .Dt DWARF_ERRMSG 3 |
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| 29 | .Sh NAME |
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| 30 | .Nm dwarf_errmsg |
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| 31 | .Nd retrieve a human-readable string corresponding to a |
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| 32 | .Vt Dwarf_Error |
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| 33 | instance |
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| 34 | .Sh LIBRARY |
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| 35 | .Lb libdwarf |
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| 36 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
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| 37 | .In libdwarf.h |
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| 38 | .Ft "const char *" |
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| 39 | .Fn dwarf_errmsg "Dwarf_Error err" |
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| 40 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
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| 41 | Function |
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| 42 | .Fn dwarf_errmsg |
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| 43 | returns a |
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| 44 | .Dv NUL Ns - Ns |
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| 45 | terminated string for the error denoted by |
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| 46 | argument |
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| 47 | .Ar err . |
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| 48 | .Pp |
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| 49 | Argument |
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| 50 | .Ar err |
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| 51 | should be a valid handle to a |
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| 52 | .Vt Dwarf_Error |
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| 53 | instance. |
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| 54 | .Sh Memory Management |
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| 55 | The returned pointer should not be freed using |
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| 56 | .Xr free 3 |
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| 57 | or |
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| 58 | .Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 . |
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| 59 | .Sh RETURN VALUES |
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| 60 | Function |
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| 61 | .Fn dwarf_errmsg |
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| 62 | returns a pointer to a |
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| 63 | .Dv NUL Ns - Ns |
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| 64 | terminated string. |
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| 65 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
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| 66 | .Xr dwarf 3 , |
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| 67 | .Xr dwarf_errno 3 |
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