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b168057a 1/* Copyright (C) 1991-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6d52618b 2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
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6d52618b 4 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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5 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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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
41bdb6e2 12 Lesser General Public License for more details.
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41bdb6e2 14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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15 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
16 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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c877418f 18#include <libintl.h>
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19#include <stdio.h>
20#include <string.h>
c877418f 21#include <errno.h>
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6d52618b 23/* Return a string describing the errno code in ERRNUM.
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24 The storage is good only until the next call to strerror.
25 Writing to the storage causes undefined behavior. */
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26libc_freeres_ptr (static char *buf);
27
28f540f4 28char *
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29strerror (errnum)
30 int errnum;
28f540f4 31{
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32 char *ret = __strerror_r (errnum, NULL, 0);
33 int saved_errno;
34
a1ffb40e 35 if (__glibc_likely (ret != NULL))
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36 return ret;
37 saved_errno = errno;
38 if (buf == NULL)
39 buf = malloc (1024);
40 __set_errno (saved_errno);
41 if (buf == NULL)
42 return _("Unknown error");
43 return __strerror_r (errnum, buf, 1024);
28f540f4 44}