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<H1>DLERROR</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
dlerror - obtain error diagnostic for functions in the dlopen API
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/dlfcn.h">dlfcn.h</A>&gt;</B>
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<B>char *dlerror(void);</B>
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Link with <I>-ldl</I>.
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>dlerror</B>()
function returns a human-readable,
null-terminated string describing the most recent error
that occurred from a call to one of the functions in the dlopen API
since the last call to
<B>dlerror</B>().
The returned string does
<I>not</I>
include a trailing newline.
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<B>dlerror</B>()
returns NULL if no errors have occurred since initialization or since
it was last called.
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<H2>VERSIONS</H2>
<B>dlerror</B>()
is present in glibc 2.0 and later.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
<TABLE BORDER>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>dlerror</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
The message returned by
<B>dlerror</B>()
may reside in a statically allocated buffer that is
overwritten by subsequent
<B>dlerror</B>()
calls.
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<H3>History</H3>
This function is part of the dlopen API, derived from SunOS.
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<H2>EXAMPLE</H2>
See
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dlopen">dlopen</A></B>(3).
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dladdr">dladdr</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dlinfo">dlinfo</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dlopen">dlopen</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+dlsym">dlsym</A></B>(3)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
This page is part of release 5.05 of the Linux
<I>man-pages</I>
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
and the latest version of this page,
can be found at
<A HREF="https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.">https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.</A>
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="2"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="3"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAE">VERSIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAF">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAH">NOTES</A><DD>
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<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAI">History</A><DD>
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<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAJ">EXAMPLE</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAL">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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