oath_strerror_name(3)

Usage

#include <oath.h>

const char * oath_strerror_name(int err);

Arguments

int err: liboath error code

Overview

Convert return code to human readable string representing the error code symbol itself. For example, oath_strerror_name(OATH_OK) returns the string "OATH_OK".

This string can be used to output a diagnostic message to the user.

This function is one of few in the library that can be used without a successful call to oath_init().

Return value

Returns a pointer to a statically allocated string containing a string version of the error code err, or NULL if the error code is not known.

Since

1.8.0

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.