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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  * 4. 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 
34 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
35 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
36 
37 #ifndef lint
38 static const char sccsid[] = "@(#)misc.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93";
39 #endif
40 
41 #include <sys/types.h>
42 
43 #include <err.h>
44 #include <limits.h>
45 #include <regex.h>
46 #include <stdio.h>
47 #include <stdlib.h>
48 #include <string.h>
49 
50 #include "defs.h"
51 #include "extern.h"
52 
53 /*
54  * Return a string for a regular expression error passed.  This is overkill,
55  * because of the silly semantics of regerror (we can never know the size of
56  * the buffer).
57  */
58 char *
59 strregerror(int errcode, regex_t *preg)
60 {
61 	static char *oe;
62 	size_t s;
63 
64 	if (oe != NULL)
65 		free(oe);
66 	s = regerror(errcode, preg, NULL, 0);
67 	if ((oe = malloc(s)) == NULL)
68 		err(1, "malloc");
69 	(void)regerror(errcode, preg, oe, s);
70 	return (oe);
71 }
72