SV: [LC++]NEWBIE: what is errno

[Peter Poulsen]

Carlo Wood wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:08:11PM +0200, Jarmo Paavilainen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > "man errno" gives you all the answers you need.
> >
> > Basic usage is:
> >
> > #include <errno.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> >
> > ...Do something that sets errno...
> >
> > printf( "errno is: %d %s\n", errno, strerror( errno ));
> >
> > // Jarmo
> 
> Shouldn't he subscribe to the C-programming mailinglist?
> 
> If you're coding C++, the basic usage is:
> 
> #include <cerrno>               // Defines macro errno
> #include <cstring>              // Defines std::strerror
> #include <iostream>
> 
> ...Do something that sets errno...
> 
>   std::cout << "errno is: " << errno << ' ' << std::strerror(errno) << '\n';
> 
I guess that i more c-like but that is the only info on network and
pthreads I have been able to find. Do anybody know of good links to
stuff about network and threads i c++ (for linux).


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