glibc/string/strerror.c

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/* Copyright (C) 1991 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 <ansidecl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
/* Defined in stdio/sys_errlist.c. */
extern CONST char *CONST _sys_errlist[];
extern CONST int _sys_nerr;
/* 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 *
DEFUN(strerror, (errnum), int errnum)
{
if (errnum < 0 || errnum > _sys_nerr)
{
static char unknown_error[] = "Unknown error 000000000000000000";
static char fmt[] = "Unknown error %d";
size_t len = sprintf(unknown_error, fmt, errnum);
if (len < sizeof(fmt) - 2)
return NULL;
unknown_error[len - 1] = '\0';
return unknown_error;
}
return (char *) _sys_errlist[errnum];
}