Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: CD-RW | Date | Thu, 27 May 1999 21:01:37 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk said:
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> Here's a patch to get rid of sys_errlist and replace it with strerror. > That is what POSIX tells us to do, right? > > Only in em-4.0.15-lt-new: em > diff -ur em-4.0.15-lt/lock.c em-4.0.15-lt-new/lock.c > --- em-4.0.15-lt/lock.c Sun May 16 08:04:17 1999 > +++ em-4.0.15-lt-new/lock.c Mon May 24 13:50:57 1999 > @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ > strcpy(obuf, errstr); > strcat(obuf, " - "); > if (errno < sys_nerr) > - strcat(obuf, sys_errlist[errno]); > + strcat(obuf, strerror(errno)); > else > strcat(obuf, "(can not get system error message)"); > mlwrite(obuf);
The while "if (errno < sys_nerr)" can be safely replaced by:
strcat(obuf, strerror(errno));
as the manual page assures that a reasonable message is given if the errno is unknown. -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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