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.\" Copyright 2002 walter harms (walter.harms@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de)
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.\" Distributed under GPL
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.\" adapted glibc info page
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.\" polished a little, aeb
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.TH ADDSEVERITY 3 2008-06-14 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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addseverity \- introduce new severity classes
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <fmtmsg.h>
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.BI "int addseverity(int " severity ", const char *" s );
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.in -4n
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
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.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
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.BR addseverity ():
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_SVID_SOURCE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This function allows the introduction of new severity classes
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which can be addressed by the
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.I severity
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argument of the
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.BR fmtmsg (3)
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function.
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By default that latter function only knows how to
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print messages for severity 0-4 (with strings (none), HALT,
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ERROR, WARNING, INFO).
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This call attaches the given string
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.I s
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to the given value
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.IR severity .
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If
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.I s
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is NULL, the severity class with the numeric value
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.I severity
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is removed.
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It is not possible to overwrite or remove one of the default
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severity classes.
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The severity value must be non-negative.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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Upon success, the value
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.B MM_OK
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is returned.
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Upon error, the return value is
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.BR MM_NOTOK .
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Possible errors include: out of memory, attempt to remove a
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nonexistent or default severity class.
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.SH VERSIONS
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.BR addseverity ()
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is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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This function is not specified in the X/Open Portability Guide
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although the
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.BR fmtmsg (3)
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function is.
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It is available on System V
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systems.
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.SH NOTES
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New severity classes can also be added by setting the environment variable
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.BR SEV_LEVEL .
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR fmtmsg (3)
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