Formatted Messages - The GNU C Library

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### 12.22 Formatted Messages

On systems which are based on System V messages of programs (especially the system tools) are printed in a strict form using the `fmtmsg` function. The uniformity sometimes helps the user to interpret messages and the strictness tests of the `fmtmsg` function ensure that the programmer follows some minimal requirements.