NAME¶

SYNOPSIS¶

 #include <openssl/err.h>

 unsigned long ERR_get_error(void);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error(void);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_last_error(void);

 unsigned long ERR_get_error_line(const char **file, int *line);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_line(const char **file, int *line);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_last_error_line(const char **file, int *line);

 unsigned long ERR_get_error_func(const char **func);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_func(const char **func);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_last_error_func(const char **func);

 unsigned long ERR_get_error_data(const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_data(const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_last_error_data(const char **data, int *flags);

 unsigned long ERR_get_error_all(const char **file, int *line,
                                 const char *func,
                                 const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_all(const char **file, int *line,
                                  const char *func,
                                  const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_last_error_all(const char **file, int *line,
                                       const char *func,
                                       const char **data, int *flags);

Deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0:

 unsigned long ERR_get_error_line_data(const char **file, int *line,
                                       const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_error_line_data(const char **file, int *line,
                                        const char **data, int *flags);
 unsigned long ERR_peek_last_error_line_data(const char **file, int *line,
                                             const char **data, int *flags);

DESCRIPTION¶

ERR_peek_error() returns the earliest error code from the thread's error queue without modifying it.

ERR_peek_last_error() returns the latest error code from the thread's error queue without modifying it.

See ERR_GET_LIB(3) for obtaining further specific information such as the reason of the error, and ERR_error_string(3) for human-readable error messages.

ERR_get_error_line(), ERR_peek_error_line() and ERR_peek_last_error_line() are the same as ERR_get_error(), ERR_peek_error() and ERR_peek_last_error(), but on success they additionally store the filename and line number where the error occurred in *file and *line, as far as they are not NULL. An unset filename is indicated as "", i.e., an empty string. An unset line number is indicated as 0.

A pointer returned this way by these functions and the ones below is valid until the respective entry is removed from the error queue.

ERR_get_error_func(), ERR_peek_error_func() and ERR_peek_last_error_func() are the same as ERR_get_error(), ERR_peek_error() and ERR_peek_last_error(), but on success they additionally store the name of the function where the error occurred in *func, unless it is NULL. An unset function name is indicated as "".

ERR_get_error_data(), ERR_peek_error_data() and ERR_peek_last_error_data() are the same as ERR_get_error(), ERR_peek_error() and ERR_peek_last_error(), but on success they additionally store additional data and flags associated with the error code in *data and *flags, as far as they are not NULL. Unset data is indicated as "". In this case the value given for the flag is irrelevant (and equals 0). *data contains a string if *flags&ERR_TXT_STRING is true.

ERR_get_error_all(), ERR_peek_error_all() and ERR_peek_last_error_all() are combinations of all of the above.

ERR_get_error_line_data(), ERR_peek_error_line_data() and ERR_peek_last_error_line_data() are older variants of ERR_get_error_all(), ERR_peek_error_all() and ERR_peek_last_error_all(), and should no longer be used.

An application MUST NOT free the *data pointer (or any other pointers returned by these functions) with OPENSSL_free() as freeing is handled automatically by the error library.

RETURN VALUES¶

SEE ALSO¶

HISTORY¶

ERR_get_error_line_data(), ERR_peek_error_line_data() and ERR_peek_last_error_line_data() became deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT¶

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.