t_strerror(3)t_strerror(3)NAMEt_strerror() - produce an error message string
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
The function maps the error number in errnum that corresponds to an XTI
(X/OPEN Transport Interface) error to a language-dependent error mes‐
sage string and returns a pointer to the string. The string pointed to
may not be modified by the program, but may be overwritten by a subse‐
quent call to the function. The string is not terminated by a newline
character. The language for error message strings written by is imple‐
mentation-defined. If it is English, the error message string describ‐
ing the value in is identical to the comments following the defined in
If an error code is unknown, and the language is English, returns the
string:
where error is the error number supplied as input. In other languages,
an equivalent text is provided.
Valid Status
All - apart from
Fork Safety
is not fork-safe.
RETURN VALUE
The function returns a pointer to the generated message string.
SEE ALSOt_error(3), thread_safety(5).
t_strerror(3)