gsasl_strerror_name(3)

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version 2.2.4 · 6 versions
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💖 gsasl_strerror_name — the gsasl girlie manual page 💖

ok so bestie, you're in the gsasl manual (yes the GNU SASL one, she's iconic) and this page is all about gsasl_strerror_name(3). it's giving error-code-to-string pipeline, and honestly? kind of a bop. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

gsasl_strerror_name — an API function, periodt. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <gsasl.h>

const char * gsasl_strerror_name(int err);

like yes, one include, one function, we love a low-maintenance queen. 🌸

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • int err — this is your libgsasl error code, aka the little number that's been living rent free in your return value. drop it in here and we'll chat about it. 🫶

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so the whole vibe here? you hand it a return code, and it hands you back a human readable string that spells out the symbol of that error code. not the explanation, not the sad little prose — the actual name. so for example, gsasl_strerror_name(GSASL_OK) returns the string "GSASL_OK". literally just hands you back the name like "here bestie, this is what that number is called". ✨

and you can use this string to output a diagnostic message to the user — it's your lil label for whatever went sideways (or didn't, in the GSASL_OK case, slay). 🎀

now here's the part that's highkey important: this function is one of the few in the library that you can use without a successful call to gsasl_init(). no setup, no warm-up, no gsasl_init() blessing required. she simply works. main character energy fr. 💅

Return value: it gives you back a pointer to a statically allocated string containing a string version of the error code err — or NULL if that error code is not known. so lowkey: unknown code = you get NULL, no cap. don't try to free that string btw, it's statically allocated, it lives there, it's fine. 🌈

⭐ SINCE ⭐

0.2.29 — she's been around a minute, an icon of longevity. 🧚

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

found a bug? not you being the main character of QA. report it to <bug-gsasl@gnu.org>.

general guidelines for reporting bugs live at: https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

and the GNU SASL home page is right here: https://www.gnu.org/software/gsasl/ — go say hi. 💜

Copyright © 2002-2026 Simon Josefsson.

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. (yes bestie, you can copy it, just keep the receipts. that's the whole deal.) 📝

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

the full documentation for gsasl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. if the info and gsasl programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info gsasl

should give you access to the complete manual. (go on, type it, it's right there. 🫶)

as an alternative you may obtain the manual from:

https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/gsasl/manual/
ngl the whole thing fits in your head in like ten seconds: code in, name out, no gsasl_init() needed, NULL if it's a stranger. obsessed. 💖

and that's the page!! this one's from the gsasl manual, version 2.2.4, page gsasl_strerror_name(3) — thanks for reading bestie, go forth and name your errors. GSASL_OK to you and yours. ✨🎀💅

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