gnutls_error_to_alert — API function

Synopsis

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_error_to_alert(int err, int * level);

Arguments

int err

is a negative integer

int * level

the alert level will be stored there

Description

Get an alert depending on the error code returned by a gnutls function.  All alerts sent by this function should be considered fatal.  The only exception is when  err is GNUTLS_E_REHANDSHAKE, where a warning alert should be sent to the peer indicating that no renegotiation will be performed.

If there is no mapping to a valid alert the alert to indicate internal error (GNUTLS_A_INTERNAL_ERROR) is returned.

Returns

the alert code to use for a particular error code.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

See Also

The full documentation for gnutls is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the /usr/share/doc/gnutls/ directory does not contain the HTML form visit

https://www.gnutls.org/manual/

Info

3.6.9 gnutls