AuGetErrorDatabaseText(3)

💖 AuGetErrorDatabaseText(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Library Functions Manual ✨ this one lives in section 3, and it's literally just about grabbing an error message out of the error database. it's giving short and sweet 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

AuGetErrorDatabaseText — get an error message from the error database 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <audio/audiolib.h>

void AuGetErrorDatabaseText(server, name, message, default_string,
buffer_return, length)
    AuServer *server;
    char *name;
    char *message;
    char *default_string;
    char *buffer_return; /* RETURN */
    int length;

no cap, that's the whole signature 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• server — the connection to the audio server. like, which server are we even talking to, bestie 💅
• name — the name of the application. (iykyk where this is going 👀)
• message — the type of the error message.
• default_string — the default error message you want used if nothing is found in the database. your lil fallback, your safety net 🌈
• buffer_return — RETURN value: this is where the error description gets handed back to you 🎁
• length — the size of the buffer. gotta know how much room we're working with fr fr 📏

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea, bestie ☕

AuGetErrorDatabaseText copies the default_string and returns it in buffer_return.

and the name and message arguments? ignored. literally just sitting there. not me passing arguments that do absolutely nothing 😭💀

like — the vibe check on this function is: it takes your default string, copies it into your buffer, and that's it. periodt. 🌸

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• AuServerName
• AuGetErrorText
• AuSetErrorHandler
• AuSetIOErrorHandler
• AuSynchronize
• audiolib — Network Audio System C Language Interface

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 go forth and get those error messages. 💖

audiolib — error handling · version 1.9.5 ⭐ slay, that's a wrap ✨💅