NAME¶
error_temp - identify soft syscall error codes
SYNTAX¶
#include <error.h>
int
error_temp(
e);
int
e;
DESCRIPTION¶
error_temp returns 1 if syscall error code
e is a soft error, 0 if
it is a hard error. Normally
e is
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.
SEE ALSO¶
error(3)