glibc/sysdeps/generic/_strerror.c

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   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

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#include <libintl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "../stdio-common/_itoa.h"

#ifndef HAVE_GNU_LD
#define _sys_errlist sys_errlist
#define _sys_nerr sys_nerr
#endif

/* It is critical here that we always use the `dcgettext' function for
   the message translation.  Since <libintl.h> only defines the macro
   `dgettext' to use `dcgettext' for optimizing programs this is not
   always guaranteed.  */
#ifndef dgettext
# include <locale.h>		/* We need LC_MESSAGES.  */
# define dgettext(domainname, msgid) dcgettext (domainname, msgid, LC_MESSAGES)
#endif

/* Return a string describing the errno code in ERRNUM.  */
char *
_strerror_internal (int errnum, char *buf, size_t buflen)
{
  if (errnum < 0 || errnum >= _sys_nerr)
    {
      const char *unk = _("Unknown error ");
      const size_t unklen = strlen (unk);
      char *p = buf + buflen;
      *--p = '\0';
      p = _itoa_word (errnum, p, 10, 0);
      return memcpy (p - unklen, unk, unklen);
    }

  return (char *) _(_sys_errlist[errnum]);
}