explain_pipe_or_die(3)

💖 explain_pipe_or_die — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's about explain_pipe_or_die(3). sit down, hydrate, and let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

explain_pipe_or_die — create a pipe and report errors, no cap

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <libexplain/pipe.h>
void explain_pipe_or_die(int *pipefd);

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the explain_pipe_or_die function is here to call the pipe(2) system call for you. and if that goes sideways? 💀 it prints an explanation to stderr — that explanation comes from explain_pipe(3) — and then the process just... ends itself by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). dramatic? yes. effective? also yes.

this function is meant to be used in a way that looks a lot like this example:

explain_pipe_or_die(pipefd);

• pipefd — the pipefd, exactly as it would be passed to the pipe(2) system call. like, exactly. don't get cute with it. 🫶

Returns:

this function only returns on success, bestie. if it fails, it prints an explanation and exits. that's it, that's the whole deal — no return value on the sad path because there is no sad path return. periodt. 💅

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• pipe(2) — create pipe
• explain_pipe(3) — explain pipe(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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and that's the vibe check, bestie 🦋 this whole thing lives in libexplain version 1.4, with the copyright belonging to Peter Miller, 2009 — so like, shoutout to Peter for real, we stan a legend 💜 go forth and pipe responsibly, iykyk ⭐🧚