5 ERR_error_string, ERR_error_string_n, ERR_lib_error_string,
6 ERR_func_error_string, ERR_reason_error_string - obtain human-readable
11 #include <openssl/err.h>
13 char *ERR_error_string(unsigned long e, char *buf);
14 void ERR_error_string_n(unsigned long e, char *buf, size_t len);
16 const char *ERR_lib_error_string(unsigned long e);
17 const char *ERR_func_error_string(unsigned long e);
18 const char *ERR_reason_error_string(unsigned long e);
22 ERR_error_string() generates a human-readable string representing the
23 error code I<e>, and places it at I<buf>. I<buf> must be at least 120
24 bytes long. If I<buf> is B<NULL>, the error string is placed in a
26 ERR_error_string_n() is a variant of ERR_error_string() that writes
27 at most I<len> characters (including the terminating 0)
28 and truncates the string if necessary.
29 For ERR_error_string_n(), I<buf> may not be B<NULL>.
31 The string will have the following format:
33 error:[error code]:[library name]:[function name]:[reason string]
35 I<error code> is an 8 digit hexadecimal number, I<library name>,
36 I<function name> and I<reason string> are ASCII text.
38 ERR_lib_error_string(), ERR_func_error_string() and
39 ERR_reason_error_string() return the library name, function
40 name and reason string respectively.
42 The OpenSSL error strings should be loaded by calling
43 L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)|ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)> or, for SSL
44 applications, L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)|SSL_load_error_strings(3)>
46 If there is no text string registered for the given error code,
47 the error string will contain the numeric code.
49 L<ERR_print_errors(3)|ERR_print_errors(3)> can be used to print
50 all error codes currently in the queue.
54 ERR_error_string() returns a pointer to a static buffer containing the
55 string if I<buf> B<== NULL>, I<buf> otherwise.
57 ERR_lib_error_string(), ERR_func_error_string() and
58 ERR_reason_error_string() return the strings, and B<NULL> if
59 none is registered for the error code.
63 L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>,
64 L<ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)|ERR_load_crypto_strings(3)>,
65 L<SSL_load_error_strings(3)|SSL_load_error_strings(3)>
66 L<ERR_print_errors(3)|ERR_print_errors(3)>
70 ERR_error_string() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
71 ERR_error_string_n() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6.