renamewtmpx()

NAME

renamewtmpx() - rename current wtmpx file and start new one

SYNOPSIS

renamewtmpx (const char *newname)

DESCRIPTION

The renamewtmpx(2) function renames the file /var/adm/wtmpx to newname.

This ensures that the current wtmpx file is renamed and that a new wtmpx file is started in its place, and that no data is lost during the renaming process.

Failure to use this interface means that data continues to be sent to the original file, even under a new name.

RETURN VALUES

The renamewtmpx(2) function returns 0 on success; on failure, it returns -1 and sets the global variable errno.

ERRORS

[EACCES]
A component of either path prefix denies search permission.
[EACCES]
The requested link requires writing in a directory with a mode that denies write permission.
[EEXIST]
The file newname already exists.
[EFAULT]
Newname points outside the process's allocated address space.
[EINVAL]
Either pathname contains a character with the high-order bit set, or the device holding one or both of the files does not permit the operation.
[EIO]
An I/O error occurred while making or updating a directory entry.
[EISDIR]
Newname is a directory.
[ENAMETOOLONG]
The newname exceeds {NAME_MAX} characters.
[ENOENT]
A path prefix of newname does not exist.
[ENOSPC]
The directory in which the entry for the new name is being placed cannot be extended because there is no space left on the file system containing the directory.
[ENOTDIR]
A component of newname's path prefix is not a directory.
[EPERM]
The newname file exists, the directory containing newname is marked sticky, and neither the containing directory nor newname are owned by the effective user ID.
[EPERM]
The file cannot be moved or renamed to different file system (for example, /dev/fs/C/dog to /dev/fs/D/dog).
[EROFS]
The requested link requires writing in a directory on a read-only file system.

SEE ALSO

mvwtmpx(1)

rename(2)