NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       strerror - return string describing error code

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <string.h>

       char *strerror(int errnum);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  strerror()	function  returns  a  string describing the error code
       passed in the argument errnum.  The string can only be used  until  the
       next call to strerror().

RETURN VALUE    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  strerror() function returns the appropriate description string, or
       an unknown error message if the error code is unknown.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       SVID 3, POSIX, BSD 4.3, ISO 9899

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       errno(3), perror(3), strsignal(3)



GNU				  1993-04-13			   STRERROR(3)