Name

strerror function — Retrieves error message text

Synopsis

char* strerror(int errnum)

The strerror function returns a pointer to an error message string that corresponds to the error number errnum. The message is the same as that printed by the perror function.

A program must not modify the array returned by strerror, and subsequent calls to strerror can overwrite the array.

See Also

perror in <cstdio> , <cerrno>

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