strerror.c

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
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 * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
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 * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
 * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
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 */

#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)strerror.c  5.1 (Berkeley) 4/9/89";
#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <stdio.h>

char *
strerror(errnum)
	int errnum;
{
	extern int sys_nerr;
	extern char *sys_errlist[];
	static char ebuf[20];

	if ((unsigned int)errnum < sys_nerr)
		return(sys_errlist[errnum]);
	(void)sprintf(ebuf, "Unknown error: %d", errnum);
	return(ebuf);
}