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# snmpa_error

### MODULE

snmpa_error

### MODULE SUMMARY

Functions for Reporting SNMP Errors

### DESCRIPTION

The module snmpa_error contains two callback functions which are called if an error occurs at different times during agent operation. These functions in turn calls the corresponding function in the configured error report module, which implements the actual report functionality.

Two simple implementation(s) is provided with the toolkit; the modules snmpa_error_logger which is the default and snmpa_error_io.

The error report module is configured using the directive error_report_mod, see configuration parameters.

### EXPORTS

config_err(Format, Args) -> void()

Types:

Format = string()
Args = list()

The function is called if an error occurs during the configuration phase, for example if a syntax error is found in a configuration file.

Format and Args are as in io:format(Format, Args).

user_err(Format, Args) -> void()

Types:

Format = string()
Args = list()

The function is called if a user related error occurs at run-time, for example if a user defined instrumentation function returns erroneous.

Format and Args are as in io:format(Format, Args).