NAME

t_strerror − get error message string

SYNOPSIS

cc [ flag ... ] file ... −lnsl [ library ... ]

#include <tiuser.h>

char ∗t_strerror(int errnum);

MT-LEVEL

Unsafe

DESCRIPTION

The t_strerror() function maps the error number in errnum that corresponds to a TLI error to a language-independent error message string and returns a pointer to that string.  The string pointed to will not be modified by the program, but may be overwritten by a subsequent call to the t_strerror() function.  The string is not terminated by a newline character.  The language for the error message strings written by t_strerror() is implementation-defined.  If an error code is unknown and the language is English, t_strerror() returns the string:

"<error>: error unknown"

where <error> is the error number supplied as input.  In other languages, an equivalent text is provided. 

SEE ALSO

gettext(3I), perror(3C), setlocale(3C), strerror(3C), t_error(3N)

VALID STATES

All − apart from T_UNINIT. 

NOTES

If the application is linked with −lintl, then messages returned from this function are in the native language specified by the LC_MESSAGES locale category; see setlocale(3C). 

Sun Microsystems  —  Last change: 11 Aug 1993