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.TH "" "" "2023-05-26" "PMDK - " "PMDK Programmer's Manual"
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.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
.\" Copyright 2020, Intel Corporation
.SH NAME
.PP
\f[B]pmem2_perror\f[R]() - prints a descriptive error message to stderr
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include <libpmem2.h>

void pmem2_perror(const char *format, ...);
\f[R]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \f[B]pmem2_perror\f[R]() function produces a message on standard
error stream describing the last error encountered during library call.
.PP
\f[B]pmem2_perror\f[R]() takes a variable number of arguments.
First, the argument string \f[I]format\f[R] is printed - similarly to
the \f[B]printf\f[R](3), followed by a colon and a blank.
Then an error message retrieved from the \f[B]pmem2_errormsg\f[R](), and
a new-line.
To see how the error message is generated, please see
\f[B]pmem2_errormsg\f[R](3).
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\f[B]libpmem2\f[R](7), \f[B]perror\f[R](3), \f[B]pmem2_errormsg\f[R](3),
\f[B]printf\f[R](3) and \f[B]<https://pmem.io>\f[R]