1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/utility.c b/utility.c
index 39ed1b66a..d61ef30e1 100644
--- a/utility.c
+++ b/utility.c
@@ -109,6 +109,22 @@ extern void fatalError(const char *s, ...)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
+extern void perrorMsg(const char *s, ...)
+{
+        va_list p;
+
+        va_start(p, s);
+        fflush(stdout);
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", applet_name);
+        if (s && *s) {
+                vfprintf(stderr, s, p);
+                fputs(": ", stderr);
+        }
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", strerror(errno));
+        va_end(p);
+        fflush(stderr);
+}
+
 extern void fatalPerror(const char *s, ...)
 {
         va_list p;