Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:37:21 -0400 From: "Bohne, Peter" <Peter.Bohne@hboc.com> To: "'andrew@ugh.net.au'" <andrew@ugh.net.au>, FengYue <fengyue@bluerose.windmoon.nu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: libc_r/_read(), should the errno be reset to 0? Message-ID: <35BEC7ED0A15D21199F000805F6F6D6A01CB00E0@bldexc01ntms.clinicom.com>
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This means that *you* should set errno to 0 just before you do the read call. At this point, you no longer care what it had been before. -- pete ====== pbohne at hboc dot com Peter Bohne -- McKessonHBOC -- Louisville, CO Work: 303-926-2218 -- Cell: 303-817-8312 -- Home Ofc: 970-586-9031 ====== "Very funny, Scottie. Now beam down my clothes!" > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew@ugh.net.au [mailto:andrew@ugh.net.au] > Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:02 AM > To: FengYue > Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: libc_r/_read(), should the errno be reset to 0? > > > > > On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, FengYue wrote: > > > My question is, shouldn't it be reset to zero? > > From intro(2): > > Successful calls never set errno; once set, it remains until > another error > occurs. It should only be examined after an error. > > Andrew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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