1/* $NetBSD: strerror.c,v 1.1.1.1 2016/01/14 00:11:29 christos Exp $ */ 2 3/* strerror.c --- ANSI C compatible system error routine 4 5 Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2002, 2003 Free Software 6 Foundation, Inc. 7 8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 11 any later version. 12 13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 16 GNU General Public License for more details. 17 18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 20 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ 21 22#if HAVE_CONFIG_H 23# include <config.h> 24#endif 25 26#include <limits.h> 27 28/* Don't include <stdio.h>, since it may or may not declare 29 sys_errlist and its declarations may collide with ours. Just 30 declare the stuff that we need directly. Standard hosted C89 31 implementations define strerror and they don't need this strerror 32 function, so take some liberties with the standard to cater to 33 ancient or limited freestanding implementations. */ 34int sprintf (char *, char const *, ...); 35extern int sys_nerr; 36extern char *sys_errlist[]; 37 38char * 39strerror (int n) 40{ 41 static char const fmt[] = "Unknown error (%d)"; 42 static char mesg[sizeof fmt + sizeof n * CHAR_BIT / 3]; 43 44 if (n < 0 || n >= sys_nerr) 45 { 46 sprintf (mesg, fmt, n); 47 return mesg; 48 } 49 else 50 return sys_errlist[n]; 51} 52