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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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