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author | deraadt <> | 1995-10-18 08:42:23 +0000 |
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committer | deraadt <> | 1995-10-18 08:42:23 +0000 |
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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. | ||
2 | .\" All rights reserved. | ||
3 | .\" | ||
4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by | ||
5 | .\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information | ||
6 | .\" Processing Systems. | ||
7 | .\" | ||
8 | .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without | ||
9 | .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions | ||
10 | .\" are met: | ||
11 | .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright | ||
12 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. | ||
13 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | ||
14 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | ||
15 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | ||
16 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | ||
17 | .\" must display the following acknowledgement: | ||
18 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of | ||
19 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. | ||
20 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | ||
21 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | ||
22 | .\" without specific prior written permission. | ||
23 | .\" | ||
24 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | ||
25 | .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE | ||
26 | .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE | ||
27 | .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE | ||
28 | .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL | ||
29 | .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS | ||
30 | .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) | ||
31 | .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT | ||
32 | .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY | ||
33 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | ||
34 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | ||
35 | .\" | ||
36 | .\" from: @(#)strerror.3 6.9 (Berkeley) 6/29/91 | ||
37 | .\" $Id: strerror.3,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:22 deraadt Exp $ | ||
38 | .\" | ||
39 | .Dd June 29, 1991 | ||
40 | .Dt STRERROR 3 | ||
41 | .Os BSD 4 | ||
42 | .Sh NAME | ||
43 | .Nm strerror | ||
44 | .Nd get error message string | ||
45 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | ||
46 | .Fd #include <string.h> | ||
47 | .Ft char * | ||
48 | .Fn strerror "int errnum" | ||
49 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | ||
50 | The | ||
51 | .Fn strerror | ||
52 | function returns a pointer to the language-dependent error message | ||
53 | string affiliated with an error number. | ||
54 | .Pp | ||
55 | The array pointed to is not to be modified by the program, but may be | ||
56 | overwritten by subsequent calls to | ||
57 | .Fn strerror . | ||
58 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
59 | .Xr intro 2 , | ||
60 | .Xr perror 3 , | ||
61 | .Xr setlocale 3 | ||
62 | .Sh STANDARDS | ||
63 | The | ||
64 | .Fn strerror | ||
65 | function conforms to | ||
66 | .St -ansiC . | ||