strerror.c

/*
  $NiH: strerror.c,v 1.8 2001/12/11 14:37:42 dillo Exp $

  strerror.c -- get error message string
  Copyright (C) 1996-2002 Dieter Baron

  The author can be contacted at <dillo@giga.or.at>

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*/



#include <stdio.h>

extern char *sys_errlist[];
extern int sys_nerr;



int
strerror(int errno)
{
	static char buf[80];

	if (errno < sys_nerr)
		return sys_errlist[errno];
	
	sprintf(buf, "Unknown error: %u", errno);
	return buf;
}