explain_putc_or_die(3)

💖 explain_putc_or_die(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual and it's literally all about explain_putc_or_die 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

explain_putc_or_die — output of characters and report errors 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <libexplain/putc.h>
void explain_putc_or_die(int c, FILE *fp);

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so the explain_putc_or_die function is used to call the putc(3) system call. that's the whole vibe. ✨

but here's the thing — if it fails, an explanation gets printed to stderr, and that explanation comes from explain_putc(3). and then? the process literally terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). no second chances, no take-backs, it's giving finality 💀

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

explain_putc_or_die(c, fp);

• c — the c, exactly as to be passed to the putc(3) system call. like, character for character, no edits, no remixes 🫶
• fp — the fp, exactly as to be passed to the putc(3) system call. same energy, exact same thing 🌸

Returns:

• this function only returns on success. on failure, it prints an explanation and exits. that's it, that's the deal 👑

ngl bestie, if you're waiting for it to come back after something went wrong — it's not coming back. it already left the group chat. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• putc(3) — output of characters
• explain_putc(3) — explain putc(3) errors
• exit(2) — terminate the calling process

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

libexplain version 1.4 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller

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okay that's the whole page bestie, you ate it, you understood it, main character energy fr fr 🎀✨ this was explain_putc_or_die(3) from libexplain version 1.4, copyrighted 2008 by Peter Miller — mwah, periodt 💖🦋🌸