DLERROR(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual DLERROR(3P)PROLOG
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NAMEdlerror — get diagnostic information
SYNOPSIS
#include <dlfcn.h>
char *dlerror(void);
DESCRIPTION
The dlerror() function shall return a null-terminated character string
(with no trailing <newline>) that describes the last error that
occurred during dynamic linking processing. If no dynamic linking
errors have occurred since the last invocation of dlerror(), dlerror()
shall return NULL. Thus, invoking dlerror() a second time, immediately
following a prior invocation, shall result in NULL being returned.
It is implementation-defined whether or not the dlerror() function is
thread-safe. A thread-safe implementation shall return only errors that
occur on the current thread.
RETURN VALUE
If successful, dlerror() shall return a null-terminated character
string; otherwise, NULL shall be returned.
The application shall not modify the string returned. The returned
pointer might be invalidated or the string content might be overwritten
by a subsequent call to dlerror() in the same thread (if dlerror() is
thread-safe) or in any thread (if dlerror() is not thread-safe).
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
The following example prints out the last dynamic linking error:
...
#include <dlfcn.h>
char *errstr;
errstr = dlerror();
if (errstr != NULL)
printf ("A dynamic linking error occurred: (%s)\n", errstr);
...
APPLICATION USAGE
Depending on the application environment with respect to asynchronous
execution events, such as signals or other asynchronous computation
sharing the address space, conforming applications should use a criti‐
cal section to retrieve the error pointer and buffer.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSOdlclose(), dlopen(), dlsym()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <dlfcn.h>
COPYRIGHT
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from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri‐
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POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
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