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=head1 NAME

ERR_error_string, ERR_error_string_n, ERR_lib_error_string,

ERR_func_error_string, ERR_reason_error_string - obtain human-readable

error message

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/err.h>

 char *ERR_error_string(unsigned long e, char *buf);

 void ERR_error_string_n(unsigned long e, char *buf, size_t len);

 const char *ERR_lib_error_string(unsigned long e);

 const char *ERR_func_error_string(unsigned long e);

 const char *ERR_reason_error_string(unsigned long e);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

ERR_error_string() generates a human-readable string representing the

error code I<e>, and places it at I<buf>. I<buf> must be at least 256

bytes long. If I<buf> is B<NULL>, the error string is placed in a

static buffer.

Note that this function is not thread-safe and does no checks on the size

of the buffer; use ERR_error_string_n() instead.

ERR_error_string_n() is a variant of ERR_error_string() that writes

at most I<len> characters (including the terminating 0)

and truncates the string if necessary.

For ERR_error_string_n(), I<buf> may not be B<NULL>.

The string will have the following format:

 error:[error code]:[library name]:[function name]:[reason string]

I<error code> is an 8 digit hexadecimal number, I<library name>,

I<function name> and I<reason string> are ASCII text.

ERR_lib_error_string(), ERR_func_error_string() and

ERR_reason_error_string() return the library name, function

name and reason string respectively.

If there is no text string registered for the given error code,

the error string will contain the numeric code.

L<ERR_print_errors(3)> can be used to print

all error codes currently in the queue.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

ERR_error_string() returns a pointer to a static buffer containing the

string if I<buf> B<== NULL>, I<buf> otherwise.

ERR_lib_error_string(), ERR_func_error_string() and

ERR_reason_error_string() return the strings, and B<NULL> if

none is registered for the error code.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ERR_get_error(3)>,

L<ERR_print_errors(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use

this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy

in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at

L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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