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1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
7 License, or (at your option) any later version.
9 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 Library General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
15 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
16 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
17 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
19 #include <ansidecl.h>
20 #include <stdio.h>
21 #include <errno.h>
23 extern char *_strerror_internal __P ((int, char *buf, size_t));
25 /* Print a line on stderr consisting of the text in S, a colon, a space,
26 a message describing the meaning of the contents of `errno' and a newline.
27 If S is NULL or "", the colon and space are omitted. */
28 void
29 DEFUN(perror, (s), register CONST char *s)
31 char buf[1024];
32 int errnum = errno;
33 CONST char *colon;
35 if (s == NULL || *s == '\0')
36 s = colon = "";
37 else
38 colon = ": ";
40 (void) fprintf (stderr, "%s%s%s\n",
41 s, colon, _strerror_internal (errnum, buf, sizeof buf));