NAME

strerror − get error message string

SYNOPSIS

#include <string.h>

char ∗strerror(int errnum);

DESCRIPTION

strerror() maps the error number in errnum to an error message string, and returns a pointer to that string.  strerror() uses the same set of error messages as perror().  The returned string should not be overwritten. 

SEE ALSO

perror(3)

NOTES

The unbundled ANSI C compiler provides ANSI versions of most of the system header files, which are used automatically at compile time. For example, the directive
#include <stdio.h> will use the file provided by this compiler, rather than /usr/include/stdio.h. 

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 21 June 1994