.\" Copyright (c) 1992 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" %sccs.include.redist.man%
.\" @(#)kvm_geterr.3 5.2 (Berkeley) %G%
.Nd get error message on kvm descriptor
.Fn kvm_geterr "kvm_t *kd"
This function returns a string describing the most recent error condition
The results are undefined if the most recent
library call did not produce an error.
The string returned is stored in memory owned by
so the message should be copied out and saved elsewhere if necessary.
This routine cannot be used to access error conditions due to a failed
call, since failure is indicated by returning a
Therefore, errors on open are output to the special error buffer
This option is not available to