+ char err[GUESTFS_ERROR_LEN];
+ va_list args;
+
+ va_start (args, fs);
+ vsnprintf (err, sizeof err, fs, args);
+ va_end (args);
+
+ send_error (err);
+}
+
+void
+reply_with_perror (const char *fs, ...)
+{
+ char buf1[GUESTFS_ERROR_LEN];
+ char buf2[GUESTFS_ERROR_LEN];
+ va_list args;
+ int err = errno;
+
+ va_start (args, fs);
+ vsnprintf (buf1, sizeof buf1, fs, args);
+ va_end (args);
+
+ snprintf (buf2, sizeof buf2, "%s: %s", buf1, strerror (err));
+
+ send_error (buf2);
+}
+
+static void
+send_error (const char *msg)
+{
+ XDR xdr;
+ char buf[GUESTFS_ERROR_LEN + 200];
+ char lenbuf[4];
+ struct guestfs_message_header hdr;
+ struct guestfs_message_error err;
+ unsigned len;
+
+ fprintf (stderr, "guestfsd: error: %s\n", msg);
+
+ xdrmem_create (&xdr, buf, sizeof buf, XDR_ENCODE);
+
+ hdr.prog = GUESTFS_PROGRAM;
+ hdr.vers = GUESTFS_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
+ hdr.direction = GUESTFS_DIRECTION_REPLY;
+ hdr.status = GUESTFS_STATUS_ERROR;
+ hdr.proc = proc_nr;
+ hdr.serial = serial;
+
+ if (!xdr_guestfs_message_header (&xdr, &hdr)) {
+ fprintf (stderr, "guestfsd: failed to encode error message header\n");
+ exit (1);
+ }
+
+ err.error = (char *) msg;