xref: /openbsd-src/lib/libc/stdio/perror.c (revision b725ae7711052a2233e31a66fefb8a752c388d7a)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
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28  */
29 
30 #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
31 static char rcsid[] = "$OpenBSD: perror.c,v 1.6 2004/05/03 05:07:34 espie Exp $";
32 #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
33 
34 #include <sys/types.h>
35 #include <sys/uio.h>
36 #include <unistd.h>
37 #include <errno.h>
38 #include <stdio.h>
39 #include <string.h>
40 #include <limits.h>
41 
42 void
43 perror(s)
44 	const char *s;
45 {
46 	register struct iovec *v;
47 	struct iovec iov[4];
48 	char buf[NL_TEXTMAX];
49 
50 	v = iov;
51 	if (s && *s) {
52 		v->iov_base = (char *)s;
53 		v->iov_len = strlen(s);
54 		v++;
55 		v->iov_base = ": ";
56 		v->iov_len = 2;
57 		v++;
58 	}
59 	(void)strerror_r(errno, buf, sizeof(buf));
60 	v->iov_base = buf;
61 	v->iov_len = strlen(v->iov_base);
62 	v++;
63 	v->iov_base = "\n";
64 	v->iov_len = 1;
65 	(void)writev(STDERR_FILENO, iov, (v - iov) + 1);
66 }
67