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FMTMSG.H 3HEAD "Sep 10, 2004"
NAME
fmtmsg.h, fmtmsg - message display structures
SYNOPSIS

#include <fmtmsg.h>
DESCRIPTION

The <fmtmsg.h> header defines the following macros, which expand to constant integer expressions: MM_HARD

Source of the condition is hardware.

MM_SOFT

Source of the condition is software.

MM_FIRM

Source of the condition is firmware.

MM_APPL

Condition detected by application.

MM_UTIL

Condition detected by utility.

MM_OPSYS

Condition detected by operating system.

MM_RECOVER

Recoverable error.

MM_NRECOV

Non-recoverable error.

MM_HALT

Error causing application to halt.

MM_ERROR

Application has encountered a non-fatal fault.

MM_WARNING

Application has detected unusual non-error condition.

MM_INFO

Informative message.

MM_NOSEV

No severity level provided for the message.

MM_PRINT

Display message on standard error.

MM_CONSOLE

Display message on system console.

The table below indicates the null values and identifiers for fmtmsg(3C) arguments. The <fmtmsg.h> header defines the macros in the Identifier column, which expand to constant expressions that expand to expressions of the type indicated in the Type column:

Argument Type Null-Value Identifier
label char* (char*) NULL MM_NULLLBL
severity int 0 MM_NULLSEV
class long 0L MM_NULLMC
text char* (char*) NULL MM_NULLTXT
action char* (char*) NULL MM_NULLACT
tag char* (char*) NULL MM_NULLTAG

The <fmtmsg.h> header also defines the following macros for use as return values for fmtmsg(): MM_OK

The function succeeded.

MM_NOTOK

The function failed completely.

MM_NOMSG

The function was unable to generate a message on standard error, but otherwise succeeded.

MM_NOCON

The function was unable to generate a console message, but otherwise succeeded.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
SEE ALSO

fmtmsg(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)