stdio-common/perror.c

   1 /* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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  18
  19 #include <stdio.h>
  20 #include <string.h>
  21 #include <errno.h>
  22
  23 /* Print a line on stderr consisting of the text in S, a colon, a space,
  24    a message describing the meaning of the contents of `errno' and a newline.
  25    If S is NULL or "", the colon and space are omitted.  */
  26 void
  27 perror (const char *s)
  28 {
  29   char buf[1024];
  30   int errnum = errno;
  31   const char *colon;
  32
  33   if (s == NULL || *s == '\0')
  34     s = colon = "";
  35   else
  36     colon = ": ";
  37
  38   (void) fprintf (stderr, "%s%s%s\n",
  39                   s, colon, __strerror_r (errnum, buf, sizeof buf));
  40 }