xref: /src/lib/libc/stdio/perror.c

/*	$NetBSD: perror.c,v 1.8 1995/02/02 02:10:11 jtc Exp $	*/

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1988, 1993
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 *	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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 */

#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
#if 0
static char sccsid[] = "@(#)perror.c	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93";
#endif
static char rcsid[] = "$NetBSD: perror.c,v 1.8 1995/02/02 02:10:11 jtc Exp $";
#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <limits.h>
/*
 * Since perror() is not allowed to change the contents of strerror()'s
 * static buffer, both functions supply their own buffers to the
 * internal function __strerror().
 */

extern char *__strerror __P((int , char *));

void
perror(s)
	const char *s;
{
	register struct iovec *v;
	struct iovec iov[4];
	static char buf[NL_TEXTMAX];

	v = iov;
	if (s && *s) {
		v->iov_base = (char *)s;
		v->iov_len = strlen(s);
		v++;
		v->iov_base = ": ";
		v->iov_len = 2;
		v++;
	}
	v->iov_base = __strerror(errno, buf);
	v->iov_len = strlen(v->iov_base);
	v++;
	v->iov_base = "\n";
	v->iov_len = 1;
	(void)writev(STDERR_FILENO, iov, (v - iov) + 1);
}