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| author | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2015-05-20 22:14:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> | 2015-05-20 22:14:14 +0200 |
| commit | bdb3a1f1e12b272dcff0f8d5fff3e2b499f19ec0 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d4a530ba220d7d5c2daccbcd00038f825bff037 /doc | |
| parent | 2932c0deffb3b6ef5142c1d43bd61848b6197a84 (diff) | |
| download | debhelper-bdb3a1f1e12b272dcff0f8d5fff3e2b499f19ec0.tar.gz | |
Dh_Lib: Promote error_exitcode to an API sub
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PROGRAMMING | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING index bca2312a..36eb88ea 100644 --- a/doc/PROGRAMMING +++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING @@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ nonquiet_print($message) error($errormsg) Pass this command a string, it will output it to standard error and exit. +error_exitcode($cmd) + Pass this subroutine a string (representing a command line), it will + output a message describing that the command failed to standard error + and exit. Note that this relies on the value of $? to produce a + meaningful error message. Even if $? is 0, this /will/ still terminate + the program (although with a rather unhelpful message). warning($message) Pass this command a string, and it will output it to standard error as a warning message. |