standardized error messages

[John Quarterman]

From: John Quarterman (moderator) <std-unix-request at ut-sally>
Topic: Re: standardized error messages

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From: oliveb!jerry at fortune.uucp (Jerry Aguirre)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 85 21:42:10 pdt
Subject: Re: standardized error messages
References: <2391 at ut-sally.UUCP>

> From: Mike Trachtman  <wizard%wisdom.bitnet at WISCVM.ARPA>
> Is any thought being given to having the compilers, grep, etc.
> give error messages in a standard form, so
> that programs will be able to parse them.

The sys V announcment that I attended included discussion not only of
getopt but of an error library routine.

I don't have the syntax handy but it included the severity of the error
(warning vs. error vs. fatal), a user supplied message, and optionally
the errno determined system error message.

I have seen several postings of source which use a similar routine.
Does anyone at ATT care to comment on whether an error routine will be
included and what the syntax is?

				Jerry Aguirre @ Olivetti ATC
{hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!jerry

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