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1 /*-
2  * Copyright (c) 1992 Diomidis Spinellis.
3  * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
4  *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
5  *
6  * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
7  * Diomidis Spinellis of Imperial College, University of London.
8  *
9  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
10  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
11  * are met:
12  * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
13  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
14  * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
15  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
16  *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
17  * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
18  *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
19  *    without specific prior written permission.
20  *
21  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
22  * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
23  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
24  * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
25  * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
26  * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
27  * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
28  * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
29  * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
30  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
31  * SUCH DAMAGE.
32  *
33  * @(#)misc.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
34  * $FreeBSD: head/usr.bin/sed/misc.c 200462 2009-12-13 03:14:06Z delphij $
35  */
36 
37 #include <sys/types.h>
38 
39 #include <err.h>
40 #include <limits.h>
41 #include <regex.h>
42 #include <stdio.h>
43 #include <stdlib.h>
44 #include <string.h>
45 
46 #include "defs.h"
47 #include "extern.h"
48 
49 /*
50  * Return a string for a regular expression error passed.  This is overkill,
51  * because of the silly semantics of regerror (we can never know the size of
52  * the buffer).
53  */
54 char *
55 strregerror(int errcode, regex_t *preg)
56 {
57 	static char *oe;
58 	size_t s;
59 
60 	if (oe != NULL)
61 		free(oe);
62 	s = regerror(errcode, preg, NULL, 0);
63 	if ((oe = malloc(s)) == NULL)
64 		err(1, "malloc");
65 	(void)regerror(errcode, preg, oe, s);
66 	return (oe);
67 }
68