xref: /openbsd-src/lib/libc/string/strerror.c (revision 33b4f39fbeffad07bc3206f173cff9f3c9901cd1)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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13  * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
14  *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
15  *    without specific prior written permission.
16  *
17  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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19  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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27  * SUCH DAMAGE.
28  */
29 
30 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
31 static char *rcsid = "$OpenBSD: strerror.c,v 1.5 2003/06/11 21:08:16 deraadt Exp $";
32 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
33 
34 #include <string.h>
35 #include <limits.h>
36 
37 /*
38  * Since perror() is not allowed to change the contents of strerror()'s
39  * static buffer, both functions supply their own buffers to the
40  * internal function __strerror().
41  */
42 
43 extern char *__strerror(int, char *);
44 
45 char *
46 strerror(int num)
47 {
48 	static char buf[NL_TEXTMAX];
49 	return __strerror(num, buf);
50 }
51