### DbEnv::set_errfile

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    #include <db_cxx.h>

    void
    DbEnv::set_errfile(FILE *errfile);

    void
    DbEnv::get_errfile(FILE **errfilep);

### Description: DbEnv::set_errfile

When an error occurs in the Berkeley DB library, an exception is thrown or an error return value is returned by the interface. In some cases, however, the exception or returned value may be insufficient to completely describe the cause of the error, especially during initial application debugging.

The DbEnv::set_errcall and Db::set_errcall methods are used to enhance the mechanism for reporting error messages to the application by setting a C library FILE * to be used for displaying additional Berkeley DB error messages. In some cases, when an error occurs, Berkeley DB will output an additional error message to the specified file reference.

Alternatively, you can use the DbEnv::set_error_stream method to display the additional information via an output stream, or the DbEnv::set_errcall method to capture the additional error information in a way that does not use either output streams or C library FILE *'s. You should not mix these approaches.

The error message will consist of the prefix string and a colon (":") (if a prefix string was previously specified using Db::set_errpfx or DbEnv::set_errpfx), an error string, and a trailing <newline> character.

The default configuration when applications first create Db or DbEnv handles is as if the DbEnv::set_errfile or Db::set_errfile methods were called with the standard error output (stderr) specified as the FILE * argument. Applications wanting no output at all can turn off this default configuration by calling the DbEnv::set_errfile or Db::set_errfile methods with NULL as the FILE * argument. Additionally, explicitly configuring the error output channel using any of the DbEnv::set_errfile, Db::set_errfile, DbEnv::set_errcall, Db::set_errcall, DbEnv::set_error_stream or Db::set_error_stream methods will also turn off this default output for the application.

This error logging enhancement does not slow performance or significantly increase application size, and may be run during normal operation as well as during application debugging.

The DbEnv::set_errfile method configures operations performed using the specified DbEnv handle, not all operations performed on the underlying database environment.

The DbEnv::set_errfile method may be called at any time during the life of the application.

### Parameters

errfile
  The errfile parameter is a C library FILE * to be used for displaying additional Berkeley DB error information.

### Description: DbEnv::get_errfile

The DbEnv::get_errfile method returns the FILE *.

The DbEnv::get_errfile method may be called at any time during the life of the application.

The DbEnv::get_errfile method either returns a non-zero error value or throws an exception that encapsulates a non-zero error value on failure, and returns 0 on success.

### Parameters

errfilep
  The DbEnv::get_errfile method returns the FILE * in errfilep.

### Class

DbEnv

### See Also

Database Environments and Related Methods`

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