audit_name_to_errno(3) — Linux manual page

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AUDIT_NAME_TO_ERRNO(3)       Linux Audit API       AUDIT_NAME_TO_ERRNO(3)

NAME top

       audit_name_to_errno, audit_errno_to_name - Convert the errno name
       and the numeric errno value to each other

SYNOPSIS top

       #include <libaudit.h>

       int audit_name_to_errno(const char *error);

       const char *audit_errno_to_name(int error);

DESCRIPTION top

       audit_name_to_errno() converts the errno name ("EPERM", "ENOENT",
       "ESRCH", etc.) to the numeric errno value (EPERM, ENOENT, ESRCH,
       etc.).  error is the errno name.

       audit_errno_to_name() converts the numeric errno value (EPERM,
       ENOENT, ESRCH, etc.) to the errno name ("EPERM", "ENOENT",
       "ESRCH", etc.).  error is the numeric errno value.

RETURN VALUE top

       audit_name_to_errno() returns 0 if an error occurs; otherwise, the
       return value is the numeric errno value.

       audit_errno_to_name() returns NULL if an error occurs; otherwise,
       the return value is the errno name.

AUTHOR top

       Steve Grubb

COLOPHON top

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