Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:50:22 -0700 From: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pathname length over NFS Message-ID: <20011024005022.A21779@freeway.dcfinc.com> In-Reply-To: <20011023231743.C18073@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 11:17:43PM -0700 References: <20011020230916.A22304@ecibsd1.eldocomp.com> <200110212102.f9LL2dA88000@lurza.secnetix.de> <20011023231743.C18073@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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> My only defense is the sysexit values overloading the errno values
> sending me down the wrong diagnostic path.
I have a simple-minded program (attached) that displays the text
strings for errno.h values. Perhaps I need to enhance it to be
sysexits.h aware.
But =really=, shouldn't we adjust the sysexits values so they don't
overload those in errno.h?
-crl
--
Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm?
chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com
DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207
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/* $Id: perror.c,v 1.1 1998/08/26 02:09:34 chad Exp $*/
/*
** This program provides a simple command-line interface
** to the system error messages.
*/
/*
** Author:
** Chad R. Larson This program is placed in the
** DCF, Inc. Public Domain. You may do with
** 14623 North 49th Place it as you please.
** Scottsdale, AZ 85254
*/
main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
unsigned index;
extern int sys_nerr;
extern char *sys_errlist[];
void exit();
/* "There can be only one." */
if (argc != 2)
{
(void)printf("Usage: %s errno\n", argv[0]);
exit (1);
}
/* range check it */
index = (unsigned)atoi(argv[1]);
if (index > sys_nerr - 1)
{
(void)printf("The maximum error number is %d\n", sys_nerr - 1);
exit(2);
}
/* tell 'em what we know */
(void)printf("The system message for error number %d is:\n", index);
(void)printf(" %s\n", sys_errlist[index]);
exit(0);
}
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