1 /* A replacement version of strerror
3 Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
8 your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
28 #if defined (HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST) && !defined (HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST_DECL)
30 extern char *sys_errlist[];
33 /* Return a string describing the system error code ERR. The returned value
34 may be in a static buffer (and in any case shouldn't be written to). */
38 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST
39 if (err >= 0 && err < sys_nerr && sys_errlist[err])
40 return sys_errlist[err];
45 sprintf (buf, "Error %d", err);