Identifier: err_text

Type

string

Description

The text associated with the last printed system error. Whenever a system error is recorded, its text is retained and may be retrieved via this identifier.

Typically system errors are printed in the error log immediately, but this printing may be suppressed due to the value of the err_level identifier. Whether or not the error is printed, its text is retained for subsequent perusal until the next system error. It does not get reset if the identifier err is zeroized.

In contrast to system errors, user errors, i.e. those printed in the error log by the tell -err command, are never retained.

This identifier has a read-only value and cannot be changed directly, although manually setting the value of err to 0 will set it to an empty string.

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