doc system-error-errno

doc system-error-errno

[Kevin Ryde]

A tweak to the wording at the end of the posix "Conventions" node,
using @defun for system-error-errno instead of just describing it in
words.


   Errors which the C library would report by returning a null pointer
or through some other means are reported by raising a `system-error'
exception.  The parameters to this exception are the function name (a
string), a message format string and argument list, and the Unix
`errno' variable (an integer).

     (define (my-handler key func fmt fmtargs errno)
       ...)

     (catch 'system-error
       (lambda () ...)
       my-handler)


 -- Function: system-error-errno arglist
     Return the `errno' value exception arguments, or `#f' if not
     available (if not a `system-error' exception).

          (catch
           'system-error
           (lambda ()
             (mkdir "/this-ought-to-fail-if-I'm-not-root"))
           (lambda stuff
             (let ((errno (system-error-errno stuff)))
               (cond
                ((= errno EACCES)
                 (display "You're not allowed to do that."))
                ((= errno EEXIST)
                 (display "Already exists."))
                (#t
                 (display (strerror errno))))
               (newline))))


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