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- /* strerror -- return a string corresponding to an error number.
- This is a quickie version only intended as compatability glue
- for systems which predate the ANSI C definition of the function;
- the glibc version is recommended for more general use.
-
- Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
- Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
- later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
-
- #include "config.h"
-
- #ifndef HAVE_STRERROR
-
- # include <stdio.h>
- # ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
- # include <string.h>
- # endif
- # include <errno.h>
- # undef strerror
-
- extern int sys_nerr;
- extern char *sys_errlist[];
-
- char *
- strerror(e)
- int e;
- {
- static char unknown_string[] =
- "Unknown error code #xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";
-
- if (0<=e && e<sys_nerr)
- return sys_errlist[e];
- sprintf(unknown_string+20, "%d", e);
- return unknown_string;
- }
-
- #endif /* !HAVE_STRERROR */
-