strerror(3)                         CLIX                         strerror(3)



  NAME

    strerror - Gets error message string

  LIBRARY

    Standard C Library (libc.a)

  SYNOPSIS

    #include <string.h>

    char *strerror(
      int errnum );

  PARAMETERS

    errnum   Specifies the error number.

  DESCRIPTION

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

  RETURN VALUES

    The strerror() function returns a pointer to the string mapped to errnum.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Functions:  perror(3)





















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