.\" Public Domain, March 1996, Steven M. Schultz
.\"
.\"	@(#)mkerrlst.1	1.0 (2.11BSD) 1996/3/14
.\"
.TH MKERRLST 1  "March 14, 1996"
.UC 2
.SH NAME
mkerrlst \- create system error file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkerrlst
[
.B \-i
.I inputfile
]
[
.B \-o
.I outputfile
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR Mkerrlst (1)
creates error message files in the format described by
.BR syserrlst (5).
.PP
With no arguments
.B mkerrlst
creates the file
.I /etc/syserrlst
from the internal array
.BR sys_errlist .
.PP
Give just the
.B \-o
option 
.B mkerrlst
will create the file
.I outputfile
from the internal array
.BR sys_errlist .
.PP
Given just the
.B \-i
option
.B mkerrlst
will create the file
.I /etc/syserrlst
from the input file
.I inputfile.
.PP
Given both
.B \-i
and 
.B \-o
options 
.B mkerrlst
will create the error message file
.I outputfile
from the strings contained in
.I inputfile.
.PP
.B NOTE:
error messages are numbered from 0.  If the error 0 does not have a
message associated with it the first string in
.I inputfile
must still be present.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.B mkerrlst
exits with status of 0 if no errors are encountered.  If errors do occur
an error message is printed on 
.I stderr
and the exit status is 1.
.SH ERRORS
.BR mkerrlst (1)
can encounter any of the errors for the
.BR open (2),
.BR lseek (2),
.BR read (2),
or
.BR write(2)
system calls.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
syserrlst(3)
syserrlst(5)
.SH HISTORY
.BR mkerrlst (1),
first appeared in 2.11BSD.
.SH BUGS
Error messages can be a maximum of 80 characters.