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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 slxpa_errno Context: xpa

Synopsis

This variable stores the error status for the XPA commands.

Syntax

Integer_Type slxpa_errno

Description

This variable contains the last error code returned by the XPA library. The values it can contain, and their meanings, are:

Value Meaning
0 No error
1 XPA_COULD_NOT_CONNECT
2 XPA_SERVER_ERROR
3 XPA_MALLOC_ERROR

It is the caller's responsibility to zero slxpa_errno when needed.

CHANGES IN CIAO 3.2

The slxpa_errno variable no longer contains the number of XPA servers that were contacted by the xpaset() call (unless the _CIAO3_XPA_COMPAT_ variable was defined prior to loading the module).

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