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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man3/kvm_geterr.3 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man3/kvm_geterr.3 b/static/openbsd/man3/kvm_geterr.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d7aad6b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man3/kvm_geterr.3 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: kvm_geterr.3,v 1.10 2025/06/06 21:53:13 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: kvm_geterr.3,v 1.2 1996/03/18 22:33:20 thorpej Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software developed by the Computer Systems +.\" Engineering group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under DARPA contract +.\" BG 91-66 and contributed to Berkeley. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)kvm_geterr.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 6 2025 $ +.Dt KVM_GETERR 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm kvm_geterr +.Nd get error message on kvm descriptor +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Lb libkvm +.In kvm.h +.Ft char * +.Fn kvm_geterr "kvm_t *kd" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This function returns a string describing the most recent error condition +on the descriptor +.Fa kd . +The results are undefined if the most recent +.Xr kvm 3 +library call did not produce an error. +The string returned is stored in memory owned by +.Xr kvm 3 +so the message should be copied out and saved elsewhere if necessary. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr kvm 3 , +.Xr kvm_close 3 , +.Xr kvm_getprocs 3 , +.Xr kvm_nlist 3 , +.Xr kvm_open 3 , +.Xr kvm_read 3 +.Sh BUGS +This routine cannot be used to access error conditions due to a failed +.Xr kvm_openfiles 3 +call, since failure is indicated by returning a +.Dv NULL +descriptor. +Therefore, errors on open are output to the special error buffer +passed to +.Xr kvm_openfiles 3 . +This option is not available to +.Xr kvm_open 3 . |
