assert_perror - test errnum and abort
Contents
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
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│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ assert_perror() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Bugs
The purpose of the assert macros is to help programmers find bugs in their programs, things that cannot
happen unless there was a coding mistake. However, with system or library calls the situation is rather
different, and error returns can happen, and will happen, and should be tested for. Not by an assert,
where the test goes away when NDEBUG is defined, but by proper error handling code. Never use this
macro.
Description
If the macro NDEBUG was defined at the moment <assert.h> was last included, the macro assert_perror()
generates no code, and hence does nothing at all. Otherwise, the macro assert_perror() prints an error
message to standard error and terminates the program by calling abort(3) if errnum is nonzero. The
message contains the filename, function name and line number of the macro call, and the output of
strerror(errnum).
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
assert_perror - test errnum and abort
Return Value
No value is returned.
See Also
abort(3), assert(3), exit(3), strerror(3) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 assert_perror(3)
Standards
GNU.
Synopsis
#define_GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */ #include<assert.h>voidassert_perror(interrnum);
