All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).
All routines return the integer \fBERR\fR upon failure and an integer value
other than \fBERR\fR upon successful completion (the number of characters
retrieved, exclusive of the trailing 0).