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- '\" $Header: /sprite/src/lib/c/etc/RCS/Stat.man,v 1.1 91/01/25 17:15:51 kupfer Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- '/"
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS Stat lib
- .BS
- '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
- .SH NAME
- Stat_GetMsg, Stat_PrintMsg \- Text description of Sprite status codes
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <status.h>\fR
- .sp
- char *
- \fBStat_GetMsg\fR(\fIstatus\fP)
- .sp
- void
- \fBStat_PrintMsg\fR(\fIstatus\fR, \fIstring\fR)
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AS ReturnStatus *string
- .AP ReturnStatus status in
- Status code to return text for.
- .AP char *string in
- Supplemental string to be printed.
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- These functions provide a human-readable text string for a given
- Sprite status value.
- .B Stat_GetMsg
- returns a read-only string to the caller.
- .B Stat_PrintMsg
- prints a message on the standard error stream. The message looks like
- ``\fIstring\fR: \fImessage\fR'', where
- .I string
- is passed in by the caller, and
- .I message
- is obtained by calling
- .BR Stat_GetMsg .
- The
- .I string
- may be null, in which case only the
- .I message
- is printed.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- status
-