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addseverity(3)           Library Functions Manual          addseverity(3)
       addseverity - introduce new severity classes
       Standard C library (libc, -lc)
       #include <fmtmsg.h>
       int addseverity(int severity, const char *s);
   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
   feature_test_macros(7)):
       addseverity():
           Since glibc 2.19:
               _DEFAULT_SOURCE
           glibc 2.19 and earlier:
               _SVID_SOURCE
       This function allows the introduction of new severity classes
       which can be addressed by the severity argument of the fmtmsg(3)
       function.  By default, that function knows only how to print
       messages for severity 0-4 (with strings (none), HALT, ERROR,
       WARNING, INFO).  This call attaches the given string s to the
       given value severity.  If s is NULL, the severity class with the
       numeric value severity is removed.  It is not possible to
       overwrite or remove one of the default severity classes.  The
       severity value must be nonnegative.
       Upon success, the value MM_OK is returned.  Upon error, the return
       value is MM_NOTOK.  Possible errors include: out of memory,
       attempt to remove a nonexistent or default severity class.
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                            │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ addseverity()                        │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
       GNU.
       glibc 2.1.  System V.
       New severity classes can also be added by setting the environment
       variable SEV_LEVEL.
       fmtmsg(3)
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