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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2000-10-11 23:54:37 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2000-10-11 23:54:37 +0000
commita99617fe8fdb56b3e877558bfd6572ce65ad39de (patch)
tree26c3182125188cb7681885830ea7e32e179c7565 /libc/string/strerror.c
parentd1c3ee2a075fc4e855e352e5a5cf10371f2e77aa (diff)
Finish reorganizing things. At least I think I've finished.
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+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library 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
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+extern char *itoa(int);
+
+/* Return a string descibing the errno code in ERRNUM.
+ The storage is good only until the next call to strerror.
+ Writing to the storage causes undefined behavior. */
+char *strerror(int err)
+{
+ static char retbuf[80];
+
+ if (sys_nerr) {
+ if (err < 0 || err >= sys_nerr)
+ goto unknown;
+ return sys_errlist[err];
+ }
+
+ if (err <= 0)
+ goto unknown;
+
+ unknown:
+ printf("sys_nerr=%d\n", sys_nerr);
+ strcpy(retbuf, "Unknown Error: errno=");
+ strcat(retbuf, (char *) itoa(err));
+ return retbuf;
+}