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3*4724848cSchristos=head1 NAME
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5*4724848cSchristosERR_GET_LIB, ERR_GET_FUNC, ERR_GET_REASON, ERR_FATAL_ERROR
6*4724848cSchristos- get information from error codes
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8*4724848cSchristos=head1 SYNOPSIS
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10*4724848cSchristos #include <openssl/err.h>
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12*4724848cSchristos int ERR_GET_LIB(unsigned long e);
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14*4724848cSchristos int ERR_GET_FUNC(unsigned long e);
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16*4724848cSchristos int ERR_GET_REASON(unsigned long e);
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18*4724848cSchristos int ERR_FATAL_ERROR(unsigned long e);
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20*4724848cSchristos=head1 DESCRIPTION
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22*4724848cSchristosThe error code returned by ERR_get_error() consists of a library
23*4724848cSchristosnumber, function code and reason code. ERR_GET_LIB(), ERR_GET_FUNC()
24*4724848cSchristosand ERR_GET_REASON() can be used to extract these.
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26*4724848cSchristosERR_FATAL_ERROR() indicates whether a given error code is a fatal error.
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28*4724848cSchristosThe library number and function code describe where the error
29*4724848cSchristosoccurred, the reason code is the information about what went wrong.
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31*4724848cSchristosEach sub-library of OpenSSL has a unique library number; function and
32*4724848cSchristosreason codes are unique within each sub-library.  Note that different
33*4724848cSchristoslibraries may use the same value to signal different functions and
34*4724848cSchristosreasons.
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36*4724848cSchristosB<ERR_R_...> reason codes such as B<ERR_R_MALLOC_FAILURE> are globally
37*4724848cSchristosunique. However, when checking for sub-library specific reason codes,
38*4724848cSchristosbe sure to also compare the library number.
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40*4724848cSchristosERR_GET_LIB(), ERR_GET_FUNC(), ERR_GET_REASON(), and ERR_FATAL_ERROR()
41*4724848cSchristos are macros.
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43*4724848cSchristos=head1 RETURN VALUES
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45*4724848cSchristosThe library number, function code, reason code, and whether the error
46*4724848cSchristosis fatal, respectively.
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48*4724848cSchristos=head1 SEE ALSO
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50*4724848cSchristosL<ERR_get_error(3)>
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52*4724848cSchristos=head1 HISTORY
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54*4724848cSchristosERR_GET_LIB(), ERR_GET_FUNC() and ERR_GET_REASON() are available in
55*4724848cSchristosall versions of OpenSSL.
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57*4724848cSchristos=head1 COPYRIGHT
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59*4724848cSchristosCopyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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61*4724848cSchristosLicensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
62*4724848cSchristosthis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
63*4724848cSchristosin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
64*4724848cSchristosL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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