MKERRLST(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual MKERRLST(1) NAME mkerrlst - create system error file SYNOPSIS mkerrlst [ -i _i_n_p_u_t_f_i_l_e ] [ -o _o_u_t_p_u_t_f_i_l_e ] DESCRIPTION Mkerrlst(1) creates error message files in the format described by syserrlst(5). With no arguments mkerrlst creates the file /_e_t_c/_s_y_s_e_r_r_l_s_t from the internal array sys_errlist. Give just the -o option mkerrlst will create the file _o_u_t_- _p_u_t_f_i_l_e from the internal array sys_errlist. Given just the -i option mkerrlst will create the file /_e_t_c/_s_y_s_e_r_r_l_s_t from the input file _i_n_p_u_t_f_i_l_e. Given both -i and -o options mkerrlst will create the error message file _o_u_t_p_u_t_f_i_l_e from the strings contained in _i_n_p_u_t_- _f_i_l_e. NOTE: error messages are numbered from 0. If the error 0 does not have a message associated with it the first string in _i_n_p_u_t_f_i_l_e must still be present. RETURN VALUE mkerrlst exits with status of 0 if no errors are encoun- tered. If errors do occur an error message is printed on _s_t_d_e_r_r and the exit status is 1. ERRORS mkerrlst(1) can encounter any of the errors for the open(2), lseek(2), read(2), or write(2) system calls. SEE ALSO syserrlst(3) syserrlst(5) HISTORY mkerrlst(1), first appeared in 2.11BSD. BUGS Error messages can be a maximum of 80 characters. Printed 11/26/99 March 14, 1996 1