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+.\" $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.
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+.\"
+.\" @(#)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 .