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.\" Copyright (c) 2001, Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved
.TH ea_error 3EXACCT "29 Nov 2001" "SunOS 5.11" "Extended Accounting File Access Library Functions"
.SH NAME
ea_error \- error interface to extended accounting library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR\&.\|.\|. ] \fIfile\fR\&.\|.\|. \fB-lexacct\fR [ \fIlibrary \fR\&.\|.\|. ]
#include <exacct.h>

\fBint\fR \fBea_error\fR(\fBvoid\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBea_error()\fR function returns the error value of the last failure recorded by the invocation of one of the functions of the extended accounting library, \fBlibexacct\fR.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_CORRUPT_FILE\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
A function failed because the file was not a valid exacct file.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_EOF\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
A function detected the end of the file, either when reading forwards or backwards through the file.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_INVALID_BUF\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
When unpacking an object, an invalid unpack buffer was specified.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_INVALID_OBJ\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The object type passed to the function is not valid for the requested operation, for example passing a group object to \fBea_set_item\fR(3EXACCT).
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_NO_CREATOR\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
When creating a new file no creator was specified, or when opening a file for reading the creator value did not match the value in the file.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_NOTSUPP\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
An unsupported type of access was attempted, for example attempting to write to a file that was opened read-only.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_OK\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The function completed successfully.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_SYSCALL_FAIL\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
A system call invoked  by  the  function  failed.  The \fBerrno\fR  variable  contains  the  error value set by the underlying call.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fBEXR_UNKN_VERSION\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
.rt  
The file referred to by name uses an \fBexacct\fR file version that cannot be processed by this library.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.04i) |cw(3.46i) 
lw(2.04i) |lw(3.46i) 
.
ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface StabilityCommitted
_
MT-LevelMT-Safe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBread\fR(2), \fBlibexacct\fR(3LIB), \fBattributes\fR(5)