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0f4556f1 1/* @(#)perror.c 4.2 (Berkeley) 6/30/83 */
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2/*
3 * Print the error indicated
4 * in the cerror cell.
5 */
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6#include <sys/types.h>
7#include <sys/uio.h>
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8
9int errno;
10int sys_nerr;
11char *sys_errlist[];
12perror(s)
df5b5637 13 char *s;
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15 struct iovec iov[4];
16 register struct iovec *v = iov;
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18 if (s && *s) {
19 v->iov_base = s;
20 v->iov_len = strlen(s);
21 v++;
22 v->iov_base = ": ";
23 v->iov_len = 2;
24 v++;
716337de 25 }
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26 v->iov_base = errno < sys_nerr ? sys_errlist[errno] : "Unknown error";
27 v->iov_len = strlen(v->iov_base);
28 v++;
29 v->iov_base = "\n";
30 v->iov_len = 1;
31 writev(2, iov, (v - iov) + 1);
716337de 32}