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        !             3: strerror()               String Function               strerror()
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        !             8: Translate an error number into a string
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        !            10: #include <string.h>
        !            11: cchhaarr *ssttrreerrrroorr(_e_r_r_o_r); iinntt _e_r_r_o_r;
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        !            13: strerror helps to generate  an error message.  It takes the argu-
        !            14: ment error, which presumably is an error code generated by an er-
        !            15: ror condition in a program, and  may return a pointer to the cor-
        !            16: responding error message.
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        !            18: The error  numbers recognized and the  texts of the corresponding
        !            19: error messages are set by COHERENT.
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        !            21: ***** See Also *****
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        !            23: perror(), string functions, string.h
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        !            25: ***** Notes *****
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        !            27: strerror returns  a pointer to  a static array that  may be over-
        !            28: written by a subsequent call to strerror.
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        !            30: strerror  differs  from   the  related  function  perror  in  the
        !            31: following ways:  strerror receives  the error number  through its
        !            32: argument error,  whereas perror reads the  global constant errno.
        !            33: Also, strerror  returns a pointer  to the error  message, whereas
        !            34: perror  writes  the  message  directly  into the  standard  error
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        !            37: The error  numbers recognized and  the texts of  the messages as-
        !            38: sociated with  each error number  are set by  COHERENT.  However,
        !            39: strerror and perror return the same error message when handed the
        !            40: same error number.
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