xref: /original-bsd/lib/libc/string/strerror.c (revision 4cda19ca)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * %sccs.include.redist.c%
6  */
7 
8 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
9 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)strerror.c	5.5 (Berkeley) 02/24/91";
10 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
11 
12 #include <string.h>
13 #include <stdio.h>
14 
15 char *
16 strerror(errnum)
17 	int errnum;
18 {
19 	extern int sys_nerr;
20 	extern char *sys_errlist[];
21 	static char ebuf[40];		/* 64-bit number + slop */
22 
23 	if ((unsigned int)errnum < sys_nerr)
24 		return(sys_errlist[errnum]);
25 	(void)sprintf(ebuf, "Unknown error: %d", errnum);
26 	return(ebuf);
27 }
28