xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/stdio/perror.c (revision f703d710)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
4  * specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
5  */
6 
7 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
8 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)perror.c	5.3 (Berkeley) 09/30/87";
9 #endif LIBC_SCCS and not lint
10 
11 /*
12  * Print the error indicated
13  * in the cerror cell.
14  */
15 #include <sys/types.h>
16 #include <sys/uio.h>
17 
18 int	errno;
19 extern int	sys_nerr;
20 extern char	*sys_errlist[];
21 perror(s)
22 	char *s;
23 {
24 	struct iovec iov[4];
25 	register struct iovec *v = iov;
26 
27 	if (s && *s) {
28 		v->iov_base = s;
29 		v->iov_len = strlen(s);
30 		v++;
31 		v->iov_base = ": ";
32 		v->iov_len = 2;
33 		v++;
34 	}
35 	v->iov_base = errno < sys_nerr ? sys_errlist[errno] : "Unknown error";
36 	v->iov_len = strlen(v->iov_base);
37 	v++;
38 	v->iov_base = "\n";
39 	v->iov_len = 1;
40 	writev(2, iov, (v - iov) + 1);
41 }
42