HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 3 Library Functions N-Z (vol 7)

t_strerror(3) t_strerror(3)

NAME

t_strerror() - produce an error message string

SYNOPSIS

#include <xti.h> /* for X/OPEN Transport Interface - XTI */

char *t_strerror (errnum);

int errnum;

DESCRIPTION

The t_strerror() function maps the error number in errnum that corresponds to an XTI (X/OPEN

Transport Interface) error to a language-dependent error message string and returns a pointer to the

string. The string pointed to may 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 error message strings written by t_strerror() is implementation-deﬁned. If it is English, the error

message string describing the value in

t_errno

is identical to the comments following the t_errno

deﬁned in <xti.h>. 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.

Valid Status

All - apart from T_UNINIT.

Fork Safety

t_strerror is not fork-safe.

RETURN VALUE

The function t_strerror() returns a pointer to the generated message string.