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.TH ERROR 5 .SH NAME error \- return an error .SH SYNOPSIS .ta \w'\fLRerror 'u .IR size [4] .B Rerror .IR tag [2] .IR ename [ s ] .SH DESCRIPTION The .B Rerror message (there is no .BR Terror ) is used to return an error string describing the failure of a transaction. It replaces the corresponding reply message that would accompany a successful call; its tag is that of the failing request. .PP By convention, clients may truncate error messages after .B ERRMAX-1 bytes; .B ERRMAX is defined in .BR <libc.h> .