xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/string/strerror.c (revision 4cf49a43559ed9fdad601bdcccd2c55963008675)
1 /*
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32  */
33 
34 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
35 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)strerror.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
36 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
37 
38 #include <stdio.h>
39 #include <string.h>
40 
41 char *
42 strerror(num)
43 	int num;
44 {
45 #define	UPREFIX	"Unknown error: "
46 	static char ebuf[40] = UPREFIX;		/* 64-bit number + slop */
47 	register unsigned int errnum;
48 	register char *p, *t;
49 	char tmp[40];
50 
51 	errnum = num;				/* convert to unsigned */
52 	if (errnum < sys_nerr)
53 		return ((char *)sys_errlist[errnum]);
54 
55 	/* Do this by hand, so we don't link to stdio(3). */
56 	t = tmp;
57 	if (num < 0)
58 		errnum = -errnum;
59 	do {
60 		*t++ = "0123456789"[errnum % 10];
61 	} while (errnum /= 10);
62 	if (num < 0)
63 		*t++ = '-';
64 	for (p = ebuf + sizeof(UPREFIX) - 1;;) {
65 		*p++ = *--t;
66 		if (t <= tmp)
67 			break;
68 	}
69 	*p = '\0';
70 	return (ebuf);
71 }
72