gnutls_alert_send_appropriate

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 2.8.5
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NAME

gnutls_alert_send_appropriate - send alert to peer depending on error code

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_alert_send_appropriate(gnutls_session_t session, int err);

ARGUMENTS

gnutls_session_t session: is a gnutls_session_t structure.
int err: is an integer

DESCRIPTION

Sends an alert to the peer depending on the error code returned by a gnutls function. This function will call gnutls_error_to_alert() to determine the appropriate alert to send.

This function may also return GNUTLS_E_AGAIN, or GNUTLS_E_INTERRUPTED.

If the return value is GNUTLS_E_INVALID_REQUEST, then no alert has been sent to the peer.

RETURNS

On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise an error code is returned.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-gnutls@gnu.org>. GnuTLS home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ General help using GNU software: http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/

COPYRIGHT

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