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9 <tr><td width=20><td><b>ERROR(9P)</b><td align=right><b>ERROR(9P)</b>
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12 <p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br>
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16 error – return an error<br>
19 <p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br>
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23 <i>size</i>[4] <tt><font size=+1>Rerror</font></tt> <i>tag</i>[2] <i>ename</i>[<i>s</i>]<br>
26 <p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br>
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30 The <tt><font size=+1>Rerror</font></tt> message (there is no <tt><font size=+1>Terror</font></tt>) is used to return an error
31 string describing the failure of a transaction. It replaces the
32 corresponding reply message that would accompany a successful
33 call; its tag is that of the failing request.
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36 By convention, clients may truncate error messages after <tt><font size=+1>ERRMAX−1</font></tt>
37 bytes; <tt><font size=+1>ERRMAX</font></tt> is defined in <tt><font size=+1><libc.h></font></tt>.<br>
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