NAME

       explain_open_or_die - open file and report errors

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fcntl.h>
       #include <libexplain/open.h>

       int explain_open_or_die(const char *pathname, int flags, int mode);

DESCRIPTION

       Given  a  pathname for a file, open() returns a file descriptor, a small, non‐negative integer for use in
       subsequent system calls (read(2), write(2), lseek(2), fcntl(2), etc.).  The file descriptor returned by a
       successful call will be the lowest‐numbered file descriptor not currently  open  for  the  process.   See
       open(2) for more information.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, the new file descriptor is returned.

       On error, a description of the error is obtained via explain_open(3), and printed on stderr.  The process
       is the terminated via a call to the exit(EXIT_FAILURE) function.

COPYRIGHT

       libexplain version 1.4
       Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller

AUTHOR

       Written by Peter Miller <pmiller@opensource.org.au>

                                                                                          explain_open_or_die(3)