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+.\" Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
+.\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
+.\"
+.\"    @(#)perror.3    5.1 (Berkeley) %G%
+.\"
+.TH PERROR 3F "13 June 1983"
+.UC 5
+.SH NAME
+perror, gerror, ierrno \- get system error messages
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B subroutine perror (string)
+.br
+.B character*(*) string
+.sp 1
+.B subroutine gerror (string)
+.br
+.B character*(*) string
+.sp 1
+.B character*(*) function gerror()
+.sp 1
+.B function ierrno()
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I Perror
+will write a message to fortran logical unit 0
+appropriate to the last detected system error.
+.I String
+will be written preceding the standard error message.
+.PP
+.I Gerror
+returns the system error message in character variable
+.I string.
+.I Gerror
+may be called either as a subroutine or as a function.
+.PP
+.I Ierrno
+will return the error number of the last detected system error.
+This number is updated only when an error actually occurs.
+Most routines and I/O statements that might generate such errors
+return an error code after the call;
+that value is a more reliable indicator of what caused the error condition.
+.SH FILES
+.ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
+.el /usr/lib/libU77.a
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+intro(2), perror(3)
+.br
+D. L. Wasley, \fIIntroduction to the f77 I/O Library\fR
+.SH BUGS
+.I String
+in the call to
+.I perror
+can be no longer than 127 characters.
+.PP
+The length of the string returned by
+.I gerror
+is determined by the calling program.
+.SH NOTES
+UNIX system error codes are described in
+.IR intro (2).
+The f77 I/O error codes and their meanings are:
+.sp 1
+.in +5
+100    ``error in format''
+.br
+101    ``illegal unit number''
+.br
+102    ``formatted io not allowed''
+.br
+103    ``unformatted io not allowed''
+.br
+104    ``direct io not allowed''
+.br
+105    ``sequential io not allowed''
+.br
+106    ``can't backspace file''
+.br
+107    ``off beginning of record''
+.br
+108    ``can't stat file''
+.br
+109    ``no * after repeat count''
+.br
+110    ``off end of record''
+.br
+111    ``truncation failed''
+.br
+112    ``incomprehensible list input''
+.br
+113    ``out of free space''
+.br
+114    ``unit not connected''
+.br
+115    ``read unexpected character''
+.br
+116    ``blank logical input field''
+.br
+117    ``'new' file exists''
+.br
+118    ``can't find 'old' file''
+.br
+119    ``unknown system error''
+.br
+120    ``requires seek ability''
+.br
+121    ``illegal argument''
+.br
+122    ``negative repeat count''
+.br
+123    ``illegal operation for unit''