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NAME

       addseverity - introduce new severity classes

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <fmtmsg.h>

       int addseverity(int severity, const char *s);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       addseverity():
           Since glibc 2.19:
               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
           glibc 2.19 and earlier:
               _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION

       This  function  allows  the  introduction  of new severity classes which can be addressed by the severity
       argument of the fmtmsg(3) function.  By default, that function knows  only  how  to  print  messages  for
       severity 0-4 (with strings (none), HALT, ERROR, WARNING, INFO).  This call attaches the given string s to
       the given value severity.  If s is NULL, the severity class with the numeric value severity  is  removed.
       It  is  not possible to overwrite or remove one of the default severity classes.  The severity value must
       be nonnegative.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon success, the value MM_OK is returned.  Upon error, the return value is  MM_NOTOK.   Possible  errors
       include: out of memory, attempt to remove a nonexistent or default severity class.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                                     │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │addseverity()                                                                 │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       GNU.

HISTORY

       glibc 2.1.  System V.

NOTES

       New severity classes can also be added by setting the environment variable SEV_LEVEL.

SEE ALSO

       fmtmsg(3)