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.Dd $Mdocdate: March 28 2020 $
.Dt ERR_PRINT_ERRORS 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ERR_print_errors ,
.Nm ERR_print_errors_fp ,
.Nm ERR_print_errors_cb
.Nd print OpenSSL error messages
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/err.h
.Ft void
.Fo ERR_print_errors
.Fa "BIO *bp"
.Fc
.Ft void
.Fo ERR_print_errors_fp
.Fa "FILE *fp"
.Fc
.Ft void
.Fo ERR_print_errors_cb
.Fa "int (*cb)(const char *str, size_t len, void *u)"
.Fa "void *u"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn ERR_print_errors
is a convenience function that prints the error strings for all errors
that OpenSSL has recorded to
.Fa bp ,
thus emptying the error queue.
.Pp
.Fn ERR_print_errors_fp
is the same, except that the output goes to a
.Vt FILE .
.Pp
.Fn ERR_print_errors_cb
is the same, except that the callback function,
.Fa cb ,
is called for each error line with the string, length, and userdata
.Fa u
as the callback parameters.
.Pp
The error strings have the following format:
.Bd -literal
[pid]:error:[error code]:[library name]:[function name]:[reason string]:
[file name]:[line]:[optional text message]
.Ed
.Pp
The error code is an 8-digit hexadecimal number.
The library name, the function name, and the reason string are ASCII
text, as is the optional text message if one was set for the
respective error code.
.Pp
If there is no text string registered for the given error code, the
error string will contain the numeric code.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ERR 3 ,
.Xr ERR_error_string 3 ,
.Xr ERR_get_error 3 ,
.Xr ERR_load_crypto_strings 3 ,
.Xr SSL_load_error_strings 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn ERR_print_errors
first appeared in SSLeay 0.4.5.
.Fn ERR_print_errors_fp
first appeared in SSLeay 0.6.0.
Both functions have been available since
.Ox 2.4 .
.Pp
.Fn ERR_print_errors_cb
first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and has been available since
.Ox 3.2 .