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.TH "MEMCACHED_LAST_ERROR" "3" "Mar 07, 2026" "1.1" "libmemcached-awesome"
.SH NAME
memcached_last_error \- libmemcached Documentation
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B #include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
Compile and link with \-lmemcached
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.B memcached_return_t \%<#\:_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_last_error(const memcached_st \%<#\:_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr) 
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.B Parameters
\fBptr\fP \-\- pointer to an initialized \fBmemcached_st\fP \%<#\:_CPPv412memcached_st> struct
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.B Returns
\fBmemcached_return_t\fP \%<#\:_CPPv418memcached_return_t> indicating success of last operation
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.B const char *memcached_last_error_message(const memcached_st \%<#\:_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr) 
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.B Parameters
\fBptr\fP \-\- pointer to an initialized \fBmemcached_st\fP \%<#\:_CPPv412memcached_st> struct
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.B Returns
message describing the status of last operation
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.B int memcached_last_error_errno(const memcached_st \%<#\:_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr) 
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.B Parameters
\fBptr\fP \-\- pointer to an initialized \fBmemcached_st\fP \%<#\:_CPPv412memcached_st> struct
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.B Returns
\fBerrno(3) \%<https://\:linux\:.die\:.net/\:man/\:3/\:errno>\fP (if any) of last operation
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Retrieve error codes and messages.
.SH RETURN VALUE
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\fBmemcached_last_error()\fP returns the last error code.
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\fBmemcached_last_error_message()\fP returns the last error message. If this error
came from a specific server, its hostname and port will be provided in the error
message. Any error message will be returned as \(aqconst char *\(aq which does not
need to be de\-allocated. NULL will be returned if no error has occurred.
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\fBmemcached_last_error_errno()\fP returns any last local error code obtained from
\fBerrno(3) \%<https://\:linux\:.die\:.net/\:man/\:3/\:errno>\fP\&.
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBmemcached(1) \%<https://\:linux\:.die\:.net/\:man/\:1/\:memcached>\fP
\fBerrno(3) \%<https://\:linux\:.die\:.net/\:man/\:3/\:errno>\fP
\fBlibmemcached(3) \%<https://\:linux\:.die\:.net/\:man/\:3/\:libmemcached>\fP
\fBmemcached_strerror(3) \%<https://\:linux\:.die\:.net/\:man/\:3/\:memcached_strerror>\fP
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