## strerror

#### OS/161 Reference Manual

### Name

strerror - get error message for error code

### Library

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

### Synopsis

#include <string.h>
const char *
strerror(int code);

### Description

The error string for the error specified by code (see errno for more information) is retrieved.

It is not itself an error to request error strings for out-of-range values of code, but the string returned under such circumstances may not be very enlightening when printed.

### Return Values

The error string is returned.