warnx

Name

warnx -- formatted error messages

Synopsis

#include <err.h>

void warnx(const char *fmt, ...);

Description

The warnx() function displays a formatted error message on the standard error output. The last component of the program name, a colon character, and a space are output. If the fmt argument is not NULL, the formatted error message, a colon character, and a space are output. The output is followed by a newline character.