explain_acct_or_die(3)

💖 explain_acct_or_die — the libexplain era 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to explain_acct_or_die(3), a Library Functions Manual entry, section 3, and it's literally the friendliest way to flip process accounting on or off and get a whole explanation when it goes sideways 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

explain_acct_or_die — switch process accounting on or off and report errors 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libexplain/acct.h>
void explain_acct_or_die(const char *pathname);
int explain_acct_on_error(const char *pathname))

yes the double )) at the end of that second line is exactly how it's written in the manual, no cap, we do not touch it 💅

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the explain_acct_or_die function is here to call the acct(2) system call for you. And when it fails? It prints an explanation to stderr, grabbed from the explain_acct(3) function, and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). like, it's not coming back. bye 👋

The explain_acct_on_error function also calls the acct(2) system call. On failure it prints an explanation to stderr too, obtained from the explain_acct(3) function, but — plot twist — it still returns to the caller 🫶

pathname 🍓

The pathname, exactly as to be passed to the acct(2) system call. no editing, no remixing, just hand it over as-is bestie ✨

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

The explain_acct_or_die function only returns on success — see acct(2) for more info. On failure, it prints an explanation and exits, it does not return. gone. poof. main character exit 😭

The explain_acct_on_error function always returns the value return by the wrapped acct(2) system call 💜

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

The explain_acct_or_die function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:

explain_acct_or_die(pathname);

that's it. that's the whole vibe. iconic ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• acct(2) switch process accounting on or off
• explain_acct(3) — explain acct(2) errors
• exit(2) terminate the calling process

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🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

libexplain version 1.4 Copyright (C) 2009 Peter Miller

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okay bestie that's the whole page 💖 shoutout to libexplain version 1.4 and Peter Miller, copyright 2009, for making explain_acct_or_die(3) a real thing that exists, and big love from the Library Functions Manual, section 3 — mwah, go forth and account responsibly 🌸✨