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1 /* $NetBSD: perror.c,v 1.23 2005/07/28 16:26:29 christos Exp $ */
3 /*
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32 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
33 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
34 #if 0
35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)perror.c 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
36 #else
37 __RCSID("$NetBSD: perror.c,v 1.23 2005/07/28 16:26:29 christos Exp $");
38 #endif
39 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
41 #include "namespace.h"
42 #include <errno.h>
43 #include <limits.h>
44 #include <stdio.h>
45 #include <string.h>
46 #include "extern.h"
49 * Since perror() is not allowed to change the contents of strerror()'s
50 * static buffer, both functions supply their own buffers to strerror_r().
53 void
54 perror(const char *s)
56 const char *separator;
57 char buf[NL_TEXTMAX];
59 if (s == NULL)
60 s = "";
61 if (*s == '\0')
62 separator = "";
63 else
64 separator = ": ";
66 (void)strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
67 (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s%s%s\n", s, separator, buf);