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diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c9d8504dbb0 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information +.\" Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)strerror.3 6.9 (Berkeley) 6/29/91 +.\" $Id: strerror.3,v 1.1.1.1 1995/10/18 08:42:22 deraadt Exp $ +.\" +.Dd June 29, 1991 +.Dt STRERROR 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm strerror +.Nd get error message string +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <string.h> +.Ft char * +.Fn strerror "int errnum" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn strerror +function returns a pointer to the language-dependent error message +string affiliated with an error number. +.Pp +The array pointed to is not to be modified by the program, but may be +overwritten by subsequent calls to +.Fn strerror . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr intro 2 , +.Xr perror 3 , +.Xr setlocale 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn strerror +function conforms to +.St -ansiC . |