gnutls_strerror

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 2.8.5
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NAME

gnutls_strerror - Returns a string with a description of an error

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

const char * gnutls_strerror(int error);

ARGUMENTS

int error: is a GnuTLS error code, a negative value

DESCRIPTION

This function is similar to strerror(). Differences: it accepts an error number returned by a gnutls function; In case of an unknown error a descriptive string is sent instead of NULL.

Error codes are always a negative value.

RETURNS

A string explaining the GnuTLS error message.

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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