NAME

       Tcl_SetErrno,  Tcl_GetErrno,  Tcl_ErrnoId,  Tcl_ErrnoMsg -
       manipulate errno to store and retrieve error codes


SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       void
       Tcl_SetErrno(errorCode)

       int
       Tcl_GetErrno()

       char *
       Tcl_ErrnoId()

       char *
       Tcl_ErrnoMsg()


ARGUMENTS

       int          errorCode    (in)      A  POSIX  error   code
                                           such as ENOENT.
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DESCRIPTION

       Tcl_SetErrno  and  Tcl_GetErrno provide portable access to
       the errno variable, which is used to record a POSIX  error
       code  after  system  calls  and  other  operations such as
       Tcl_Gets.  These procedures are necessary  because  global
       variable  accesses cannot be made across module boundaries
       on some platforms.

       Tcl_SetErrno sets the errno variable to the value  of  the
       errorCode  argument C procedures that wish to return error
       information  to  their  callers  via  errno  should   call
       Tcl_SetErrno rather than setting errno directly.

       Tcl_GetErrno  returns  the current value of errno.  Proce­
       dures wishing to access errno should call  this  procedure
       instead of accessing errno directly.

       Tcl_ErrnoId  and  Tcl_ErrnoMsg return a string representa­
       tion of the current errno value.   Tcl_ErrnoId  returns  a
       machine-readable  textual  identifier  such  as  "EACCES".
       Tcl_ErrnoMsg returns a human-readable string such as "per­
       mission  denied".  The strings returned by these functions
       are statically allocated and the caller must not  free  or
       modify them.

       errno, error code, global variables


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