| .TH error_temp 3 |
| .SH NAME |
| error_temp \- identify soft syscall error codes |
| .SH SYNTAX |
| .B #include <error.h> |
| |
| int \fBerror_temp\fP(\fIe\fR); |
| |
| int \fIe\fR; |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B error_temp |
| returns 1 if syscall error code |
| .I e |
| is a soft error, 0 if it is a hard error. |
| Normally |
| .I e |
| is |
| .BR errno . |
| |
| A hard error is persistent: |
| file not found, read-only file system, symbolic link loop, etc. |
| |
| A soft error is usually transient: |
| out of memory, out of disk space, I/O error, disk quota exceeded, |
| connection refused, host unreachable, etc. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| error(3) |
