exterr(1M) exterr(1M)NAME exterr - turns on/off the reporting of extended errors SYNOPSIS exterr /dev/devicename [choice] ARGUMENTS choice Specifies whether you want reporting turned on or off. Replace choice with y (for yes) indicating that you want reporting on, or n (for no) indicating that you want reporting turned off. The default is y, in which case soft as well as hard errors are reported on the specified device. If reporting of errors is turned ``off'' with the argument n, only fatal errors are reported. /dev/devicename Specifies the device name for which you want the report. xxx DESCRIPTION exterr turns on (or off) the reporting of extended errors on the specified device. The precise determination of what error messages are printed is specific to each device driver. In general, though, exterr may be used to reduce the amount of error information displayed. The devicename must be the ``raw'' one to access the ioctl. EXAMPLES The command: exterr /dev/xxxx n turns to ``off'' the reporting of extended errors for device /dev/xxxx. FILES /bin/exterr Executable file January 1992 1