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- /*
- * Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided
- * that: (1) source distributions retain this entire copyright notice and
- * comment, and (2) distributions including binaries display the following
- * acknowledgement: ``This product includes software developed by the
- * University of California, Berkeley and its contributors'' in the
- * documentation or other materials provided with the distribution and in
- * all advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software.
- * 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 ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
- * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- */
-
- #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
- static char sccsid[] = "@(#)strerror.c 5.4 (Berkeley) 6/24/90";
- #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
-
- #include <string.h>
-
- char *
- strerror(int errnum)
- {
- extern int sys_nerr;
- extern char *sys_errlist[];
-
- if ((unsigned int)errnum < sys_nerr)
- return(sys_errlist[errnum]);
-
- /* don't want to go to extremes and allocate precious static area
- * in the shared library, this will do... */
- return "Unknown error.";
- }
-