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/*
* strerror - map error number to descriptive string
*
* This version is obviously somewhat Unix-specific.
*/
char *
strerror(errnum)
int errnum;
{
extern int sys_nerr;
extern char *sys_errlist[];
if (errnum > 0 && errnum < sys_nerr)
return(sys_errlist[errnum]);
else if (errnum != 0)
return("unknown error");
else
return("no details given");
}