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NAME
errno - return a system error message
SYNOPSIS
errno(errnum)
TYPES
errnum int
return string
DESCRIPTION
If a file builtin function such as fopen() encounters an error,
it will return an errno number. This function will convert this
number into a somewhat more meaningful string.
Note that errno() may return different strings on different systems.
EXAMPLE
> badfile = fopen("not_a_file", "r")
> if (!isfile(badfile)) print "error #" : badfile : ":", errno(badfile);
error #2: No such file or directory
> print errno(13)
Permission denied
> errno(31)
"Too many links"
LIMITS
none
LIBRARY
none
SEE ALSO
errno, fclose, feof, ferror, fflush, fgetc, fgetline, files, fopen,
fprintf, isfile, printf, prompt