OSF DCE Application Development Guide--Core Components

Using the DCE Serviceability Application Interface
TABLE 4-1. Serviceability Message Severities
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Name Specifier Meaning
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A fatal error has occurred;
the program is about to
exit.
FATAL svc_c_sev_fatal
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An error has occurred.ERROR svc_c_sev_error
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An error has been
detected; the program is
continuing execution.
WARNING svc_c_sec_warning
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A nonerror event has
occurred; this message is
an informational notice of
it.
NOTICE svc_c_sev_notice
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A nonerror event has
occurred; this message is a
verbose informational
notice of it.
NOTICE_VERBOSE svc_c_sev_notice_verbose
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Detailed explanations of the levels are as follows:
FATAL Fatal error exit: An unrecoverable error (such as database corruption)
has occurred which will probably require manual intervention to be
corrected. The program usually terminates immediately after such an
error.
ERROR Error detected: An unexpected event that is nonterminal (such as a
timeout), or is correctible by human intervention, has occurred. The
program will continue operation, although some functions or services
may no longer be available. This severity level may also be used to
indicate that a particular request or action could not be completed.
WARNING Correctible error: An error occurred that was automatically corrected
(for example, a configuration file was not found, and default values were
used instead). This severity level may also be used to indicate a
condition that may be an error if the effects are undesirable (for example,
removing all files as a side effect of removing a nonempty directory), or
to indicate a condition which, if not corrected, will eventually result in
an error (for example, a printer’s running low on paper).
NOTICE Informational notice: A significant routine major event has occurred; for
example, a server has started.
NOTICE_VERBOSE
Verbose information notice: A significant routine event has occurred; for
example, a directory entry was removed.
Note that debug messages are identified as such by their own set of levels; see Section
4.3.12 for more information.
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