| rsc | 058b011 | 2005-01-03 06:40:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .TH ERROR 9P |
| 2 | .SH NAME |
| 3 | error \- return an error |
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 5 | .ta \w'\fLRerror 'u |
| 6 | .IR size [4] |
| 7 | .B Rerror |
| 8 | .IR tag [2] |
| 9 | .IR ename [ s ] |
| 10 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 11 | The |
| 12 | .B Rerror |
| 13 | message |
| 14 | (there is no |
| 15 | .BR Terror ) |
| 16 | is used to return an error string |
| 17 | describing the |
| 18 | failure of a transaction. |
| 19 | It replaces the corresponding reply message |
| 20 | that would accompany a successful call; its tag is that |
| 21 | of the failing request. |
| 22 | .PP |
| 23 | By convention, clients may truncate error messages after |
| 24 | .B ERRMAX-1 |
| 25 | bytes; |
| 26 | .B ERRMAX |
| 27 | is defined in |
| 28 | .BR <libc.h> . |
