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.TH ERROR 3 "15. Juli 1988" "J\*org Schilling" "Schily\'s LIBRARY FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
error() \- formats and prints on the standard error
stream
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B
error(format,arg1\|.\|.\|.argn);
.B	char *format
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
error is the equivalent of:
fprintf(stderr, format, arg1\|.\|.\|.argn).
.SH RETURNS
none
.SH "SEE ALSO"
comerr(3), comerrno(3), error(3), errmsg(3), error(3) geterrno(3),
printf(3), format(3)
.SH NOTES
Normally stderr is unbuffered. Using error() allows a simple
message to be immediately written to the user via the standard
error stream (stderr).