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14.Dd May 11, 2016
15.Dt LGRAB_ERROR 3PROC
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm Lgrab_error
19.Nd get Lgrab error message string
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Lb libproc
22.In libproc.h
23.Ft "const char *"
24.Fo Lgrab_error
25.Fa "int error"
26.Fc
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Fn Lgrab_error
30function returns a pointer to a human-readable character string
31describing the error that occurred.
32The
33.Fn Lgrab_error
34function only knows how to translate error codes that were stored in
35the third argument
36.Pq Fa perr
37of a call to
38.Xr Lgrab 3PROC .
39.Sh RETURN VALUES
40The
41.Fn Lgrab_error
42function always returns a pointer to a character string describing the
43error that occurred, even if it is an unknown error.
44.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
45.Sy Uncommitted
46.Sh MT-LEVEL
47.Sy MT-Safe
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr libproc 3LIB ,
50.Xr Lgrab 3PROC
51