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.Dd December 12, 2009
.Os
.Dt DWARF_ERRMSG 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm dwarf_errmsg
.Nd retrieve a human-readable string corresponding to a
.Vt Dwarf_Error
instance
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libdwarf
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libdwarf.h
.Ft "const char *"
.Fn dwarf_errmsg "Dwarf_Error err"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Function
.Fn dwarf_errmsg
returns a
.Dv NUL Ns - Ns
terminated string for the error denoted by
argument
.Ar err .
.Pp
Argument
.Ar err
should be a valid handle to a
.Vt Dwarf_Error
instance.
.Sh Memory Management
The returned pointer should not be freed using
.Xr free 3
or
.Xr dwarf_dealloc 3 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Function
.Fn dwarf_errmsg
returns a pointer to a
.Dv NUL Ns - Ns
terminated string.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dwarf 3 ,
.Xr dwarf_errno 3