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.TH ERROR 5 

.SH NAME

error \- return an error

.SH SYNOPSIS

.ta \w'\fLRerror 'u

.IR size [4]

.B Rerror

.IR tag [2]

.IR ename [ s ]

.SH DESCRIPTION

The

.B Rerror

message

(there is no

.BR Terror )

is used to return an error string

describing the

failure of a transaction.

It replaces the corresponding reply message

that would accompany a successful call; its tag is that

of the failing request.

.PP

By convention, clients may truncate error messages after

.B ERRMAX-1

bytes;

.B ERRMAX

is defined in

.BR <libc.h> .