SYNOPSIS

#include <fmtmsg.h>

DESCRIPTION

The <fmtmsg.h> header shall define 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() arguments. The <fmtmsg.h> header shall define 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*)0	MM_NULLLBL
severity	int	0	MM_NULLSEV
class	long	0L	MM_NULLMC
text	char *	(char*)0	MM_NULLTXT
action	char *	(char*)0	MM_NULLACT
tag	char *	(char*)0	MM_NULLTAG

The <fmtmsg.h> header shall also define 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.

The following shall be declared as a function and may also be defined as a macro. A function prototype shall be provided.

int fmtmsg(long, const char *, int,
    const char *, const char *, const char *);

The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

COPYRIGHT

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .